Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Whenever the board revokes or modifies an adverse action and orders that the employee be returned to his or her position, it shall direct the payment of salary and all interest accrued thereto, and the reinstatement of all benefits that otherwise would have normally accrued. “Sal…

(a) This section shall apply to permanent and probationary employees and may be used in lieu of adverse action and rejection during probation when the only cause for action against an employee is his or her failure to meet a requirement for continuing employment, as provided in t…

Within 30 days after the day a copy of the decision rendered by the board in a proceeding under this article is served by the board upon the parties to the decision, either party may petition the board for rehearing of the decision. The petition for rehearing shall be in writing …

If the petition for rehearing is granted, the matter shall be set down for rehearing by the board or its authorized representative. If the matter is set for hearing before an authorized representative, the hearing shall be conducted as to the matters on which granted in substanti…

The right to petition a court for writ of mandate, or to bring or maintain any action or proceeding based on or related to any civil service law of this State or the administration thereof shall not be affected by the failure to apply for rehearing by filing written petition ther…

Letters of reprimand shall be removed from the personnel file of the state employee and destroyed not later than three years from the date the letters were issued.

Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 19570), persons who have been designated as managerial employees under Section 3513 from the beginning of their current appointment, but whose positions are not in the career executive category, shall hold their appointments subj…

Notwithstanding Section 19590, a managerial employee who, without a subsequent break in service due to a permanent separation, has previously served with permanent status in a nonmanagerial state civil service position, may be dismissed from state service only as provided in Arti…

Any employee demoted pursuant to Section 19590 shall, as specified by Section 19140.5, have the right to be reinstated to his or her former civil service position.

When action is taken under this article, the provisions of this article and related board and Department of Human Resources rules shall constitute the entire disciplinary action and review process, except that the provisions of Sections 19574.1, 19583.5, and 19584 shall also appl…

Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against an employee involving any of the causes for discipline specified in Section 19572, the appointing power may order the employee on leave of absence for not to exceed 15 days. The leave may be terminated by the ap…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when a demotion action is taken against a managerial employee who was hired from outside of state civil service pursuant to Section 18930, and the action is taken during the first year of his or her service in a state civil service man…

This article shall not apply to managerial appointments that took effect prior to January 1, 1984, or in subsequent appointments, except that it shall apply when the provisions of this part and board rule would have required the employee to serve a new probationary period in a su…

The tenure of every permanent employee holding a position is during good behavior. Any such employee may be temporarily separated from the state civil service through layoff, leave of absence, or suspension, permanently separated through resignation or removal for cause, or perma…

(a) Resignations from the state civil service are subject to department rules. A resignation, except as provided in this section, does not jeopardize any rights and privileges of the employee except those pertaining to the position from which he or she resigns. A written resignat…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Many individuals in our society possess great productive potential which goes unused because they cannot meet the requirements of a standard workweek. (2) An increasing proportion of workers have family responsibili…

(a) Absence without leave, whether voluntary or involuntary, for five consecutive working days is an automatic resignation from state service, as of the last date on which the employee worked. A permanent or probationary employee may within 90 days of the effective date of such s…

“Reduced worktime,” as used in this article, means employment of less than 40 hours of work per week, and includes arrangements involving job sharing, four-, five-, or six-hour workdays, jobs which provide eight hours of employment or less for one, two, three, four or five days p…

(a) It is the policy of the state that to the extent feasible, reduced worktime be made available to employees who are unable, or who do not desire, to work standard working hours on a full-time basis. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that nothing in this act shall be…

(a) Any employee who is being coerced, or who has been required, by the appointing power, a supervisor, or another employee, to involuntarily reduce his or her worktime contrary to the intent of this article, or who has been unreasonably denied the right to participate in this pr…

In counting the number of employees any state agency employs for purposes of any personnel ceiling, an employee employed on a reduced worktime basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours that an employee works eac…

(a) Permanent employees who voluntarily reduce their worktime shall, upon request, be given first priority for returning to a full-time work schedule to the extent that such full-time work is available. Such permanent employees shall return to full-time employment at the request …

If the provisions of this article are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Sections 3517.5 and 3572, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memora…

All persons employed in reduced worktime positions pursuant to Section 19996.21, shall receive, on a pro rata basis, except for benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law and under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, all benefits customarily ava…

The department shall adopt appropriate rules and guidelines relating to reduced worktime implementation.

The Trustees of the California State University shall adopt the appropriate rules and guidelines relating to the implementation of the reduced worktime program for the employees of the California State University system.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Reduced Worktime Act.”

(a) Effective July 1, 1992, the department shall implement a personal leave program for state officers and employees excluded from, or otherwise not subject to, the Ralph C. Dills Act, contained in Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1. (b) (1) The …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Partial Service Retirement Act.”

It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this article to pursue the following objectives: (a) To protect the fiscal soundness of the Public Employees’ Retirement System. (b) To increase the number and kinds of retirement options available to members of the system. (c) To e…

Any state employee, or legislative employee, who is a state miscellaneous or industrial member working standard hours on a full-time basis, other than a university member, of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and who is eligible to retire pursuant to Section 20953 may elect…

“Reduced worktime for partial service retirement” means any arrangement of worktime agreeable to both the appointing authority and the employee which aggregates no less, on a monthly basis, than a 20 percent reduction nor more than a 60 percent reduction from what would in that c…

It is the policy of the state that reduced worktime for partial service retirement shall be made available to state employees and legislative employees eligible pursuant to Section 19996.32 who do not desire to work standard working hours on a full-time basis. Further, it is the …

(a) Any employee who is being coerced, or who has been required, by the appointing power, a supervisor, or another employee, to involuntarily reduce his or her worktime for partial service retirement contrary to the intent of this article, or who has been unreasonably denied the …

In counting the number of employees any state agency employs for purposes of any personnel ceiling, an employee employed on a reduced worktime basis for partial service retirement shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of h…

(a) A permanent state employee or legislative employee who voluntarily reduces his or her worktime for partial service retirement pursuant to this article shall, upon request and subject to subdivision (b), be given priority for returning to a full-time work schedule to the exten…

If the provisions of this article are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of un…

All persons employed in reduced worktime positions for partial service retirement pursuant to this article, shall receive proportionally reduced compensation and, on a pro rata basis, except for benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, the Stat…

Whenever it is necessary because of lack of work or funds, or whenever it is advisable in the interests of economy, to reduce the staff of any state agency, the appointing power may lay off employees pursuant to this article and department rule. All layoff provisions and procedur…

The duties performed by any employee laid off may be assigned to any other employee or employees in the state agency holding positions in appropriate classes.

(a) Any officer or employee, directly or indirectly, entitled to or having permanent status under the provisions of Article VII of the Constitution or the State Civil Service Act, who is displaced by one having a right to return shall be accorded the same rights to elect demotion…

(a) The names of employees to be laid off or demoted shall be placed upon the reemployment list for the subdivision, if such a subdivision was designated, upon the departmental reemployment list and upon the general reemployment list, for the class from which the employees were l…

(a) An employee who is certified to a position in a class after layoff, or demotion in lieu of layoff, shall receive not less than the same step in the salary range as he or she received in the position in that class prior to such layoff or demotion. (b) If the provisions of this…

(a) An employee shall be notified that the employee is to be laid off 30 days prior to the effective date of layoff and not more than 60 days after the date of the seniority computation. The notice of layoff shall be in writing and shall contain the reason or reasons for the layo…

(a) An employee may appeal to the department within 30 days after receiving notice of layoff on the ground that the required procedure has not been complied with or that the layoff has not been made in good faith or was otherwise improper. Within 30 days after such an appeal, the…

(a) In order to provide state civil service employees of the California Maritime Academy with an opportunity to remain in the state civil service system, there shall be a transition period from January 1, 1994, to June 30, 1995, inclusive. Any civil service employee of the Califo…

(a) With the approval of the department, only the employees of a designated geographical, organizational or functional subdivision of a state agency need be considered for layoff, and reemployment lists shall be established for such subdivision. Such lists take priority over the …

(a) Layoff shall be made in accordance with the relative seniority of the employees in the class of layoff. In determining seniority scores, one point shall be allowed for each complete month of full-time state service regardless of when the service occurred. Department rules sha…

(a) For the purposes of determining seniority pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19997.3, the term “state service” shall include all service that is exempt from state civil service. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of u…

(a) Separations that are necessary by reason of reinstatement of an employee or employees after recognized military service as provided for in Section 19780 shall be made by layoff. In making these separations, the regular method of determining the order of layoff shall be used u…