(1)
Permanent employees who satisfy the following criteria must have their name
placed on the statewide layoff list for other employers if the employee
exercises this option within the two-year eligibility period:
(a) Laid off or notified in writing by the
employer they are scheduled to be laid off;
(b) Accepted a voluntary demotion in lieu of
layoff; or
(c) Accepted
less-than-comparable positions at the time of layoff.
For purposes of this subsection "employees" includes Washington
management service (WMS) employees who have held permanent status in Washington
general service.
(2) All employees who meet the criteria in
subsection (1) of this section are eligible to be on the statewide layoff list
for classes in which they held permanent status at the same or lower salary
range and lower classes in the same class series. Permanent status is not
required in the lower classes in the same class series. General government
employees have statewide layoff list rights to classes in which they held
permanent status which are at a higher salary range and lower classes in the
same class series. Higher education employees do not have access to the
statewide layoff list for higher level classes unless the employer's layoff
procedure allows.
(3) WMS employees
only have layoff list rights to classes in which the highest step of the salary
range is equal to or below the WMS salary at the time of layoff or notification
of layoff, or at the time of demotion.
(4) General government employees have layoff
list rights to all classifications the employee has held permanent status in
regardless of any breaks in state service.
(5) Higher education employers must address
in their layoff procedure whether or not employees will be given layoff list
rights to classes they held permanent status in prior to any breaks in state
service.
(6) Employees who have
been demoted for cause from a class are not eligible to be on the
statewide layoff list for that class.