WA HB2408

Repeals five obsolete RCW sections including provisions on comparable worth salary implementation (1983), employee background investigation rules, monetary performance-based award restrictions, and elected officials' voluntary salary reduction programs

Removes expired COVID-19 emergency shared leave provisions tied to Proclamation 20-05, which allowed employees to receive shared leave for coronavirus-related isolation or quarantine without meeting standard eligibility requirements

Eliminates outdated salary freeze and reporting requirements from the 2009-2013 recession period that prohibited wage increases for managers, department directors, and exempt positions except in limited retention circumstances

Updates references from the abolished "department of personnel" to "office of financial management" in statutes governing supported employment programs for individuals with disabilities

Redirects annual supported employment program reporting from the office of financial management to the office of equity while maintaining reporting requirements to the department of social and health services