Payroll 310 Badge #02 - Unpaid Leave and Shared Leave-Payroll 310 Badge #2

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WSBO Payroll 310 Badge 2 covers unpaid leave and shared leave, focusing on job protection and benefits implications. Unpaid leave may occur for health, parental, or personal reasons and is governed by district policy and/or collective bargaining agreements. Washington’s protected leave laws include the Family Care Act, Family Leave Act, Domestic Violence Leave, Military Leave, and Emergency Service Leave. Only the Family Care Act requires employees to use paid leave to receive job protection. Job protection may also apply under FMLA, Washington Family Leave Act, Washington Law Against Disability, military, emergency services, and domestic violence leave. Benefit maintenance depends on SEBB eligibility or FMLA; domestic violence leave also requires accommodations and benefit maintenance, otherwise COBRA may apply. Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) provides wage replacement but does not provide job protection; employees generally can’t use their own paid leave unless designated supplemental. Shared leave allows employees to donate leave under RCW/WAC rules (WAC 392-136A), with eligibility criteria, donation limits, calculation methods (value-based or day-for-day), a 522-day lifetime maximum, and rules for returning unused leave.

Keywords

Unpaid leave

Washington protected leave laws

Family Care Act (Washington)

FMLA job protection

SEBB benefits maintenance

Shared leave donation rules (WAC 392-136A)