Employment of all certificated and classified staff must
be approved by the board and authority to pay for such services rendered
follows this approval. Annual salaries
shall be determined by placement on the district salary schedule in terms of
position, experience and training (where applicable). Proper documentation is required to receive
credit for experience and training.
To initiate a personnel action, the supervisor shall
initiate a personnel action notice. The notice shall be approved by:
A.
Personnel department giving assurances that the
contemplated action is consistent with all procedures related to the district's
employment practices;
B.
Business department giving assurance that there
are adequate funds covering the proposed action;
C.
Superintendent giving final authority for the
personnel action.
Unless otherwise indicated, each staff member shall
receive a salary warrant or direct deposit notification on the last working day
of each month equal to l/12 of the staff member's yearly salary less statutory,
contractual and voluntary deductions. Voluntary payroll deductions shall be
authorized by the board. The board may act on behalf of individual staff to
deduct a certain amount from the staff member’s paycheck and remit an agreed
amount to a designee of the staff member.
Present statutory deductions are as follows:
OASI Deducted
during the calendar year from each pay warrant beginning with January 1 payroll
until the required amount is deducted.
WITHHOLDING TAX Deducted
according to the current Internal Revenue Service schedule.
MEDICAL AID Deducted
from each pay warrant for all staff as set by the State Department of Labor and
Industries.
RETIREMENT Washington
State School Employees' Retirement System — deducted from each pay warrant
of non-certificated staff holding eligible positions at the rate set by the
state.
Washington State Teachers' Retirement System —
deducted from each pay warrant of certificated full-time staff at the rate set
by the state.
Present contractual deductions are as follows:
HEALTH INSURANCE Deducted
from the pay warrant each month for Blue Cross of Washington, Kaiser
Permanente, and Providence Medical.
SALARY INSURANCE Deducted from the pay warrant each month.
ASSOCIATION/UNION DUES As
negotiated in each agreement.
DENTAL INSURANCE Deducted
from the pay warrant each month for eligible staff.
Present voluntary deductions are as follows:
CREDIT UNION Deducted
from the pay warrant each month for credit union.
UNITED WAY Deducted
for equal monthly installments beginning October.
TAX-SHELTERED ANNUITIES Deducted
for equal monthly installments following
the employee’s submission of new or amended participation forms.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION Deducted
for equal monthly installments following
the employee’s submission of new or amended participation forms.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Deducted in 12 (twelve) equal monthly
installments following the employee’s submission of a request for payroll
deduction on the Public Disclosure Commission form.
HOURLY/DAILY EMPLOYMENT Hourly
or daily staff must submit time slips. Time slips must be signed by the staff
member and approved by the staff member's supervisor.
District leave provisions are covered in district
policies. Upon return from a leave, the staff member shall complete a time slip
and any related leave forms. The time slip must be approved by the staff
member's supervisor. The business office shall compile the amount of leave used
on a monthly basis. Accrued leave shall be reported on the staff member's
warrant statement. Staff must submit time slips when they do not report to work
regardless of the nature of the absence, whether illness, emergency leave,
non-reimbursable leaves or vacation.
Adoption Date: April 2005