Payment in lieu of use of vacation credit.
Seattle Mun. Code § 4.34.065
in effect4.34.065 - Payment in lieu of use of vacation credit.
A. An employee who assumes an elective office in the City, accepts appointment as a head of an employing unit, or transfers from a position in which the employee receives vacation benefits to a position in City employment in which the employee is not entitled to accrue annual vacation credit, shall be paid in a lump sum for any unused vacation credit balance upon leaving or transferring from the employee's regular position.
B. Except as provided in subsection 4.34.065.C, an employee who is separated from the payroll shall be paid in a lump sum for all of the employee's accrued vacation credit.
C. Any accumulated and unused vacation balance remaining at the end of an assignment in which a temporary worker receives fringe benefits in lieu of premium pay shall be cashed out by the employing unit at the straight-time rate of pay received by the worker on his or her last work day in the assignment; provided, that if the worker is appointed to a regularly budgeted position eligible for vacation accrual and use within one pay period of the last day worked in the assignment, the worker may carry forward unused vacation balance.
(Ord. 126010, § 8, 2019; Ord. 121771, § 12, 2005; Ord. 111757, § 6, 1984.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.34VA_4.34.065PALIUSVACRFetched: 11/1/2026