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Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1957 NO. 41 >

A state employee who transfers from one state agency to employment in another agency of the state government without an interruption such as would indicate a termination of his contract of employment with the state government, cannot be paid for his accrued vacation leave under the provisions of RCW 43.01.041.  However, an employee transferring from one state agency to another agency of state government is entitled to a transfer of his accrued vacation leave credits to the new employing agency of state government under the provisions of RCW 43.01.040.