Who determines who is potentially displaced?
Per the law, prior to requesting bids, agencies are required to provide notice to the classified employees who may be displaced by the contract. Therefore the responsibility to identify those employees potentially displaced lies with the agency. WAC 236-51-010 (11) defines a displaced employee as a classified employee whose position or work would eliminated, resulting in the employee being laid-off or assigned to a different job classification, as a result of an award via the competitive contracting process.
