Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 41 Public Employment, Civil Service, And Pensions - Chapter 41.60 State Employees' Suggestion Awards And Incentive Pay

41.60.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the productivity board. (2) "Delegated authority" means authority delegated to an agency head by the board to ...

41.60.015 Productivity board created -- Also known as employee involvement and recognition board -- Members -- Terms -- Compensation
(1) There is hereby created the productivity board, which may also be known as the employee involvement and recognition board. The board shall administer the ...

41.60.020 Employee suggestion program -- Rules for administration of chapter
(1) The board shall formulate, establish, and maintain a statewide employee suggestion program and adopt rules to allow for agency unique suggestion programs. Employee suggestion ...

41.60.030 Employee suggestion program -- Determination of award
The board, or [the] board's designee, shall make the final determination as to whether an employee suggestion award will be made and shall determine the ...

41.60.041 Employee suggestion program -- Amount and payment of award -- Transfer of funds to general fund
(1) Cash awards for suggestions generating net savings, revenue, or both to the state shall be determined by the board, or the board's designee, based ...

41.60.050 Appropriations for administrative costs
The legislature shall appropriate from the department of personnel service fund for the payment of administrative costs of the productivity board. However, during the 1991-93 ...

41.60.080 Employee suggestion program -- Contests to encourage participation
The board and agency heads may design and initiate contests between agencies and between agency suggestion evaluators to encourage participation in the suggestion program at ...

41.60.100 Employee teamwork incentive program -- Applications
(1) With the exception of agencies of the legislative and judicial branches, any organizational unit composed of employees in any agency or group of agencies ...

41.60.110 Employee teamwork incentive program -- Evaluation of savings
To qualify for a teamwork incentive program award for its employees, a team must identify the net savings, revenue, or both, accomplished during the project ...

41.60.120 Employee teamwork incentive program -- Awards
The agency head may recommend an award amount to the board. The board shall make the final determination as to whether an award will be ...

41.60.140 Incentive pay or awards not included in retirement calculations
Incentive pay or awards provided under this chapter shall not be included for the purpose of computing a retirement allowance under any public retirement system ...

41.60.150 Recognition awards
Other than suggestion awards and incentive pay unit awards, agencies shall have the authority to recognize employees, either individually or as a class, for accomplishments ...

41.60.160 Persons ineligible for awards
No award may be made under this chapter to any elected state official or state agency director.[1993 c 467 § 7; 1987 c 387 § ...

41.60.910 Severability -- 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 122
If any provision of this 1976 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or ...

41.60.911 Effective dates -- 1987 c 387
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public ...