If the above statute, as amended, does embrace “temporary municipal employees,” what is a”temporary” municipal employee?
(3) If the above question number (1) is answered in the affirmative, what compensation (at full-time or part-time rate) should be paid to such an employee while on such military leave, bearing in mind that some temporary employees may be full-time and some may be part-time employees? It is our conclusion that in the application of the provisions of RCW 38.40.060, [[Orig. Op. Page 2]] as amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1957, there is no distinction between “temporary” and other municipal employees; that a more definitive clarification of the term “temporary” municipal employee is therefore unnecessary; and that, subject to the qualification set forth below, each municipal employee on military leave should be paid the same rate and amount of compensation as he would have received had he not been on leave of absence. ANALYSIS RCW 38.40.060, as amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1957, reads as follows: “Every officer andemployee of the state or of any county, city, or otherpolitical subdivisi
