Washington Administrative Code
Title 357 - Financial Management, Office of State Human Resources Director
Chapter 357-46 - Layoff and separation
Section 357-46-060 - Does a veteran receive any preference in layoff?
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An eligible veteran receives a preference in layoff by having their seniority increased for total active military service, not to exceed five years.
(2) An eligible veteran is defined as any permanent employee who:
(3) "An eligible veteran" does not include any person who as a veteran voluntarily retired, as evidenced by the "DD Form 214" or other official military records, with twenty or more years' active military service and has military retirement pay in excess of five hundred dollars per month.
(4) The surviving spouse or surviving registered domestic partner of an eligible veteran is entitled to veteran's seniority preference for up to five years as outlined in subsection (1) and (2) of this section regardless of whether the veteran had at least one year of active military service.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 10-11-073, § 357-46-060, filed 5/14/10, effective 6/15/10; 09-17-056 and 09-18-113, § 357-46-060, filed 8/13/09 and 9/2/09, effective 12/3/09; 05-12-077, § 357-46-060, filed 5/27/05, effective 7/1/05; 04-18-114, § 357-46-060, filed 9/1/04, effective 7/1/05.