Interns — Effect of employment experience — Rights of reversion — Fringe benefits — Sick and vacation leave.
RCW 43.06.425
in effectThe director of financial management or the director's designee shall adopt rules to provide that: (1) Successful completion of an internship under RCW 43.06.420 shall be considered as employment experience at the level at which the intern was placed; (2) Persons leaving classified or exempt positions in state government in order to take an internship under RCW 43.06.420 : (a) Have the right of reversion to the previous position at any time during the internship or upon completion of the internship; and (b) shall continue to receive all fringe benefits as if they had never left their classified or exempt positions; (3) Participants in the undergraduate internship program who were not public employees prior to accepting a position in the program receive sick leave allowances commensurate with other state employees; (4) Participants in the executive fellows program who were not public employees prior to accepting a position in the program receive sick and vacation leave allowances commensurate with other state employees.
The director of financial management or the director's designee shall adopt rules to provide that:
(1) Successful completion of an internship under RCW 43.06.420 shall be considered as employment experience at the level at which the intern was placed;
(2) Persons leaving classified or exempt positions in state government in order to take an internship under RCW 43.06.420 : (a) Have the right of reversion to the previous position at any time during the internship or upon completion of the internship; and (b) shall continue to receive all fringe benefits as if they had never left their classified or exempt positions;
(3) Participants in the undergraduate internship program who were not public employees prior to accepting a position in the program receive sick leave allowances commensurate with other state employees;
(4) Participants in the executive fellows program who were not public employees prior to accepting a position in the program receive sick and vacation leave allowances commensurate with other state employees.
Source: WA Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=43.06&full=trueFetched: 6/29/2026