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Alcohol – In public place – prohibited RCW 66.44
Alcohol – At state institutions – prohibited RCW 72.23.300
Annual (vacation) leave RCW 43.01.040-047
Applicant interview questions WAC 162-12-140
Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) WAC 162-16-240
Background investigation (DSHS) – RCW 10.97
Background investigation (DSHS) – Hiring felons RCW 43.20A.710
Background investigation (DSHS) – Conviction records to employers RCW 43.43.815
Background investigation (DSHS) – Rules on background investigation RCW 41.06.475,476,480
Breaks – meal periods WAC 296-126-092
Breastfeeding in the Workplace RCW 49.60.030
Business, regulation of (Includes Licensing) RCW 18
Childcare leave RCW 49.12.350
Child daycare RCW 41.04.370
Civil duty leave – Compensation of jurors RCW 2.36.150
Civil service law RCW 41.06
Code of ethics for state employees RCW 42.52
Collective bargaining – Higher education RCW 41.80
RCW 41.06.150
Collective bargaining – General government RCW 41.06.133
RCW 41.56
Colleges and universities RCW 28B.10
Colleges and universities – Delegation of powers and duties RCW 28B.10.528
Colleges and universities – Vacation for faculty and admin exempt RCW 43.01.042
Commute trip reduction – Telecommuting RCW 70.94.521
RCW 70.94.531
Community & technical college act RCW 28B.50
Conflict of interest (Ethics) RCW 42.52
Credit checks RCW 19.182.020
Death benefits (On the job) RCW 41.04.017
Domestic violence and the workplace EO 96-05
Disability due to pregnancy (Family leave) – Employment protection RCW 49.78
RCW 49.78.280
Discrimination prohibited RCW 49.60.030
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Employee assistance program RCW 41.04.700 – 730
Employee records RCW 49.46.070
Ethics law – Gifts RCW 42.52.150 & 170
Ethics law – Outside employment RCW 42.52.120
Ethics law – Use of state resources RCW 42.52.160
Ethics law – Incompatible activities RCW 42.52.020
Exempt return rights (Prior classified service) RCW 41.06.070
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Family leave RCW 49.78
Family leave – Paid Family and Medical Leave RCW 50A
Family leave – Parental leave RCW 49.12.350-370
Family leave – Sick leave to care for a child under 18 RCW 49.12.270-295
Family leave – Maternity leave – discrimination prohibited WAC 162-30-020
Federal job trades/exchanges RCW 41.04.140-170
Fingerprinting RCW 43.43.740 & 760
Firearms and weapons RCW 9.41.270
500K state of WA annuity protection RCW 48.32A
Flextime schedules RCW 41.04.390
RCW 70.94.527
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Gifts RCW 42.52.140 & 170
Health care eligibility WAC 182-12-111 – 115
Hiring felons RCW 9.96A.020
Hiring practices and employment regulations WAC 162-12
Holidays (legal) RCW 1.16.050
Hours of work (for state offices) RCW 42.04.060
Hours of work & wages for minors RCW 49.12.121
Human Rights Commission RCW 49.60
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I-200 – Discrimination, preferential treatment prohibited RCW 49.60.400 & 401
Indemnification of state employees – (Judgments obtained, fines levied or settlements) RCW 4.24.490
Insurance eligibility – (Pay status 8 or more hours per month) WAC 182-08-190
Interchange of personnel between federal and state RCW 41.04.140-170
Intergovernmental mobility RCW 41.04.140-170
Internship program RCW 43.06.410-435
Interviews for employment WAC 162-12-140
Inventions (Employee rights) RCW 49.44.140 & 150
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Legislator (State employee) RCW 41.04.120
Leave – Family medical leave RCW 49.78
Leave – Military RCW 38.40.060
Leave – Paid Family and Medical Leave RCW 50A
Leave – Parental (Child care) RCW 49.12.350-370
Leave – Shared RCW 41.04.650-670
Leave – Sick (also see sick leave) RCW 41.48.140
RCW 41.04.340
Leave – Sick leave to care for a child under 18 RCW 49.12.270-295
Leave – Sick leave transfer from a college RCW 28B.50.551
Leave – School district not eligible to transfer leave RCW 28A.400.300
Leave – Vacation RCW 43.01.040-047
Lie detector tests – Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) RCW 49.44.120 & 135
Licensing requirements – (DOL) WAC 308
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Maternity leave regulations WAC 162-30-020
Meal periods and rest periods
www.lni.wa.gov
WAC 296-126-092
RCW 49.12
Military leave (21 days) RCW 38.40.060
Military leave – Prohibits discharge due to military duties RCW 38.40.050
Military leave –Reemployment after military leave RCW 73.16.033 & 035
Minimum wage act (L&I) RCW 49.46
Mission statement required (Agency) RCW 43.88.090
Motor vehicle use (State owned or leased) RCW 43.01.150
Moving expenses of employees RCW 43.03.110 & 120
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Nepotism – Discrimination because of spouse WAC 162-16-250
Nepotism – No discrimination based on marital status RCW 49.60.180-200
Nepotism – Special privilege RCW 42.52.070
New employees – moving expense RCW 43.03.110 & 120
Open meeting act RCW 42.30.010-080
Organ Donation & Life Giving RCW 41.06.570
Outside employment RCW 42.52.020 & 080
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Paid Family and Medical Leave  RCW 50A
Parental leave (Also see leave)
Family leave
RCW 49.12.350-370
RCW 49.78
Payroll deductions RCW 41.04.245
Payroll semi-monthly (10-day lag time) RCW 42.16.010
Pay Stub WAC 296-126-030
Personal holiday RCW 1.16.050
Performance evaluations RCW 41.06.169
RCW 41.06.176-196
Personnel records – Employee inspection RCW 49.12.240-260
Personnel records – Destruction/Retention RCW 41.06.450
Personnel resources board RCW 41.06.110
Personnel services RCW 41.06.080
Political activity
Use of public funds or office use prohibited
RCW 41.06.250
RCW 42.17.128 & 130
Pre-employment interview questions WAC 162-12-140
Public disclosure (Public records) RCW 42.56
Public record privacy protections EO 00-03
Public employees retirement system RCW 41.40
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RCW format RCW 1.12
Recognition awards RCW 41.60.120-160
Relocation compensation RCW 43.03.125
RCW 41.06.150
Reemployment RCW 73.16
Reinstatement after appeal RCW 41.06.220
Rule Making WAC 1-21
Records retention RCW 40.14
Return to work RCW 41.06.490
RCW 51.32.090
School districts K-12 (Leave not transferred) RCW 28A.400.300
Shared leave RCW 41.04.650-670
Shared leave – Uniformed service shared leave pool RCW 41.04.685
Sexual harassment RCW 49.60.030 & 040
Sexual harassment – Training programs RCW 41.06.395
Sick leave – (Accrual and January cash out) RCW 41.04.340
Sick leave –Sick leave w/o a medical certificate RCW 41.48.140
Sick leave –Authority for personnel to establish SL rules RCW 41.48.140
Sick leave –SL transfers from community colleges RCW 28B.50.551(5)
Sick leave –SL transfers within public school districts RCW 28A.400.300(2(h)
Sick leave –SL pool RCW 41.04.680
Smoking in public places RCW 70.160
State committee on agency officials’ salaries RCW 43.03.028
Supported employment RCW 41.04.750-760
State resources (Prohibits private benefit) WAC 292-110-010
Student workers/Minors hours of work RCW 49.12.121
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Technical colleges classified employees RCW 28B.50.874
Telecommuting RCW 70.94.531(2)(xiii)
EO 01-03
Terminated agencies (Classified EE’s transfer) RCW 43.131.090
Transfer of leave (Colleges) RCW 28B.50.551(5)
Travel expenses (Prospective employees) RCW 43.03.130
 ​Tuition Reimbursement WAC 200-600-025
Tuition waiver and fees RCW 28B.15.558
20 day notice requirement for rule making RCW 34.05.320
Undue Hardship WAC 82-56-010
WAC 82-56-020
WAC 82-56-030
Use of state resources WAC 292-110-010
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Vacation leave RCW 43.01.040
Vacation leave – Cash payment RCW 43.01.041
Vacation leave – JEV – Excess leave (above 240 hours) RCW 43.01.044
Vacation leave – Institutional academic & professional pers. RCW 43.01.042
Vacation leave – Allows for supplemental rules RCW 43.01.043
VEBA (Voluntary Employees Benefit Association)
www.veba.org
www.hraconsultants.org
RCW 41.04.340(7)
Veteran and Military Transition and Readiness Support EO 19-01
Veterans preference and seniority RCW 41.04.005-010