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EIKENBERRYAttorney GeneralJAMES Attorney General of Washington LEOFF VACATION LONGEVITY PAY Where LEOFF member after period of temporary disability retirement returns to active duty, is the employer required by RCW 41. 26. 140 to grant longevity pay, vacation accrual or similar benefits to the member to the same extent as they would be available to another employee of the same rank who had been continuously employed with no period of disability Does the term current salary as used in RCW 41. 26. 1402 include longevity How does RCW 41. 26.
RCW 41. 26. 120, 41. 26. 125 requiring LEOFF employers to continue benefits for certain members on disability leave. The language chosen by the Legislature has different import and requires only payment of the current salary attached to the rank being served at the time of disability retirement, employers are free to calculate credit for longevity or other adjustments to base salary according to the terms of their respective contracts, ordinances, or The Legislature did not draft RCW 41. 26. 140 so as to require employers to restore full seniority rights to an employee with break in service due to period of disability retirement.
Attorney General of Washington LEOFF VACATION LONGEVITY PAY Where LEOFF member after period of disability retirement.
3February 15, back Ken Eikenberry RCW 41. 26. 120, 41. 26. 125 requiring LEOFF employers to continue benefits for certain members on disability leave. The language chosen by the Legislature has different import and requires only payment of the current salary attached to the rank being served at the time of disability retirement, employers are free to calculate credit for longevity or other adjustments to base salary according to the terms of their respective contracts, ordinances, or The Legislature did not draft RCW 41. 26. 140 so as to require employers to restore full seniority rights to an employee with break in service due to period of disability retirement.
15. The rate of vacation accrual to which the employee would have been entitled without the break in The other subject of your question we reserve discussion of the rank at which the member would be RCW 41. 26. 140 is part of series of statutes relating to disability retirement for law enforcement officers and fire fighters covered by chapter RCW. The statutory scheme permits members of the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Retirement System LEOFF to retire for disability under certain circumstances described in the statute. RCW 41. 26.
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