(1) When you receive payments upon reinstatement or instead of reinstatement, such payments are earnable compensation to the extent they are equivalent to the salary you would have earned by working in your position. RCW 41.32.010 defines these payments as earnable compensation even though they are not payments for services you provided to your employer. The payment will be prorated over the entire period that you were suspended, terminated, or otherwise absent from work.

(2) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, "reinstatement" means that the employee is entitled to return to full employment rights by action of:

(a) The employer;

(b) A school district; or

(c) A court of law.