The employer's certification procedure must:

1. (1) Specify how the employer determines the pool of eligible candidates to be certified to the employing official in accordance with WAC 357-16-130;
2. (2) Specify how the employer determines the number of names certified if the number of eligible candidates certified to the employing official is limited;
3. (3) Provide for veterans' preference in accordance with WAC 357-16-110;
4. (4) Provide for supplemental certification of affected group members in accordance with WAC 357-16-135;
5. (5) Require that employing officials consider all eligible candidates certified;
6. (6) Provide for optional consideration of employees who have completed employer-approved training programs and are determined by the employer to meet the competencies and other position requirements;
7. (7) For general government employers, must provide for consideration of transition pool candidates when a certified pool contains eligible candidates other than candidates from the employer's internal or statewide layoff list or the employer's internal promotional eligibles;
8. (8) Address when the employer will certify qualified individuals seeking reemployment under the provisions of WAC 357-19-470; and
9. (9) Address when the employer will consider granting preference to eligible applicants under the provisions of WAC 357-16-113.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.150 and 41.04.012. WSR 24-18-071, § 357-16-125, filed 8/29/24, effective 10/1/24. Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. WSR 05-01-200, § 357-16-125, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]