(4) Unless a
greater increment is approved by a variance as provided by WAC 296-128-640,
employers must allow employees to use paid sick leave in increments consistent
with the employer's payroll system and practices, not to exceed one hour. For
example, if an employer's normal practice is to track increments of work for
the purposes of compensation in fifteen-minute increments, then an employer
must allow employees to use paid sick leave in fifteen-minute increments.
As new summaries are published, I will provide them to our chambers.
Links for more information on paid sick leave as well as public hearing dates for enforcement rule making are included below.
Carolyn Logue
CA Logue Public Affairs
On
October 17, 2017, the Department of Labor & Industries filed the CR-103 on
the Initiative 1433 (I-1433) rule language that addresses employer
requirements/employee rights. Below,
please find links to the documents contained in the CR-103 filing.
Rule-Making
Order
Adopted
Rule Language
Concise
Explanatory Statement
Final
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Least Burdensome Analysis
Revised
Small Business Economic Impact Statement
These
documents will also be posted to the “Document Library” of the I-1433
engagement site.
The
enforcement rule language for I-1433 is being addressed in a separate rulemaking.
The department filed the CR-102 for the draft enforcement rule language on October 3, 2017.
Information
about the upcoming public hearings for the enforcement rulemaking is provided
below. Please note that a pre-hearing overview of the draft proposed rules
begins at 9 a.m. for each public hearing.
November
8, 2017 – 10:00 a.m.
Spokane
Center Place Auditorium
2426
N Discovery Place
Spokane
Valley, WA 99216
November
9, 2017 – 10:00 a.m.
L&I
– Tumwater Auditorium
7273
Linderson Way SW
Tumwater,
WA 98501
Allison
Drake
Labor
Standards Policy Advisor
Fraud
Prevention & Labor Standards
Department
of Labor & Industries
Phone:
(360) 902-5304 Fax: (360) 902-4650
Email: allison.drake@Lni.wa.gov