WAC 357-28-035. What must be addressed in the employer's salary determination policy?

The employer's salary determination policy must minimally address the following: (1) Setting base salary for new employees; (2) Adjusting timing and/or amount of regularly scheduled increment increases in accordance with WAC 357-28-070 ; (3) Adjusting base salary to address issues related to recruitment, retention, or other business-related reasons in accordance with WAC 357-28-090 ; (4) Increasing base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-110 when an employee is promoted to a position in a new class; (5) Increasing base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-110 when an employee is promoted to a permanent position while in a nonpermanent appointment; (6) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-140 when an employee transfers to a new position; (7) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-135 when an employee is appointed from an internal or statewide layoff list to a position with a lower range maximum than the position from which the employee was laid off; (8) Setting base salary higher than step M in accordance with WAC 357-28-120 for an employee occupying a position that is reallocated to a class with the same or lower salary range; (9) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-155 when an employee is demoted for any other reason than accepting a demotion in lieu of layoff or the demotion is a result of reasonable accommodation; (10) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-28-150 when an employee is reverted following a voluntary demotion; (11) Authorizing additional pay to support recruitment and/or retention for a specific position in accordance with WAC 357-28-095 ; (12) Setting base salary and progression based on recruitment and retention rather than years of experience for the nurse special pay salary schedules, if applicable; (13) Compensation for employees being called back to work in accordance with WAC 357-28-185 ; (14) When an employee must receive shift premium in accordance with WAC 357-28-190 ; (15) When an employee must receive holiday premium in accordance with WAC 357-28-200 ; (16) When an employee must receive standby pay in accordance with WAC 357-28-205 ; (17) When an employee must receive overtime compensation in accordance with WAC 357-28-255 ; (18) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-19-340 when an employee returns to a permanent position from a project position; (19) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-19-353 when a WGS employee returns to a permanent position from an acting WMS appointment; and (20) Setting base salary in accordance with WAC 357-19-395 when an employee returns to a permanent position from a nonpermanent appointment.