Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) Any permanent employee who is either excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service, shall be granted bereavement leave wi…

The department may provide by rule for the regulation and accumulation of sick leave credits on an hourly basis for all or certain designated employees. The rate of accrual shall be substantially proportionate to eight hours per month, with amounts earned credited at the end of e…

(a) It shall be within the discretion of the department to define the effect of an absence from the payroll of 10 working days or less in any calendar month upon credit for sick leave. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of un…

(a) Sick leave may be accumulated, and no additional sick leave with pay beyond that accumulated shall be granted, except as provided in Section 19863. 1. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant t…

(a) The department may provide by rule for crediting to the sick leave account of an employee formerly employed in a state position exempt from civil service any unused sick leave standing to the employee’s credit at the time of separation from such a position; provided, the empl…

(a) Except as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 19869), a state officer or employee who is or may be entitled to temporary disability indemnity under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) or Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 6100) of the Labor Code shall rece…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, a state officer or employee who is entitled to temporary disability indemnity or vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) or Division 4.5 (commencing with Se…

(a) The department may provide by rule for sick leave or annual leave without pay for those employees who have used all sick leave or annual leave with pay to which they are entitled. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of und…

No state employee who is an inmate or member of any state institution and who is employed on a full or part time basis shall be entitled to receive pay for any absence attributable to sickness.

When an employee uses sick leave, vacation, annual leave, or any combination of these, because of an injury compensable under the Labor Code, and the state is reimbursed by a third person for its damages by reason of such use, there shall be granted, for credit to the employee’s …

(a) The appointing power of any officer or employee not a member of the civil service shall administer the sick leave authorized by this part for the officers or employees in accordance with the rules of the department. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with t…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the interests of the state would be served by the Department of Human Resources meeting and conferring with the exclusive representatives of the various bargaining units to discuss the establishment of long-term care benefits for state …

Any employee of the State Department of Health performing functions which, prior to July 1, 1973, were vested in the Department of Mental Hygiene and who is transferred on and after July 1, 1972, to county or local mental health programs as a result of state hospital closures or …

For the purposes of Sections 19859, 19860, 19861, 19862, 19862.1, 19863, 19863.1, 19864, 19865.1, 19866, and 19868, sick leave benefits provided to state employees pursuant to the state sick leave system shall be construed to mean compensation paid to employees on approved leaves…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever sick leave benefits are provided to state employees pursuant to the state sick leave system, such benefits shall be construed to mean compensation paid to employees on approved leaves of absence on account of si…

Any employee of the State Department of Developmental Services performing functions which, prior to September 9, 1981, were vested in the State Department of Developmental Services, and who is transferred on or after September 9, 1981, to a regional center for the developmentally…

This article applies to state officers and employees who are members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System in compensated employment on and after the effective date of this article and to state officers and employees, whether or not m…

As used in this article: (a) “Industrial disability leave” means temporary disability as defined in Divisions 4 (commencing with Section 3201) and 4.5 (commencing with Section 6100) of the Labor Code and includes any period in which the disability is permanent and stationary and …

(a) Except as provided in Section 19871.2 or 19871.3, when a state officer or employee is temporarily disabled by illness or injury arising out of and in the course of state employment, he or she shall become entitled, regardless of his or her period of service, to receive indust…

(a) A state officer or employee who is receiving industrial disability leave benefits, shall continue to receive all employee benefits which he or she would have received had he or she not incurred disability. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisi…

When an excluded employee is temporarily disabled for more than 22 consecutive working days by an injury or type of injury designated by the director as qualifying an employee for the benefits of this section, he or she shall receive an enhanced industrial disability leave benefi…

(a) If an employee who is a member of State Bargaining Unit 8 is temporarily disabled by illness or injury arising out of and in the course of state employment, he or she shall receive an enhanced industrial disability leave benefit. The enhanced industrial disability leave benef…

(a) The disabled employee shall not receive temporary disability indemnity or sick leave or annual leave with pay for any period for which he or she receives industrial disability leave. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an employee may elect to supplement industrial disabilit…

(a) Division 4.7 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Labor Code shall not apply to employees to which this article applies. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memoran…

(a) If the employee continues to be temporarily disabled after termination of benefits under this article, he or she shall be entitled to the benefits provided by Divisions 4 (commencing with Section 3201) and 4.5 (commencing with Section 6100) of the Labor Code and to payments u…

(a) If an illness or injury causes temporary disability, the employee shall be placed on industrial disability leave on the fourth calendar day after the injured employee leaves work as a result of the illness or injury, except that in case the injury causes disability of more th…

(a) Payments shall be contingent on the complete medical certification of the illness or injury including diagnosis and any prognosis of recovery. Further, payments shall be contingent on the employee’s agreement to cooperate and participate in a reasonable and appropriate vocati…

State employees in state bargaining units 1, 4, 15, 18, and 20 who suffer a job-related injury or illness and become eligible for vocational rehabilitation under Section 139.5 of the Labor Code on or after January 1, 1993, shall first be subject to an evaluation to determine what…

The department shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article. The appointing power of any officer or employee not a member of the civil service shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article for such…

(a) The provisions of this article shall be effective upon the adoption of applicable rules and regulations, but not later than January 1, 1975. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section …

(a) As used in this article: (1) “Appeals board” means the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. (2) “Disability” or “disabled” includes mental or physical illness and mental or physical injury, including any illness or injury resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, or r…

(a) For purposes of this article relating to Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave, an “eligible employee” is either of the following: (1) An employee excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or a nonelected officer of the…

(a) When an employee is disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, the employee shall become entitled, subject to this article, to receive nonindustrial disability benefits in an amount equal to one-half full pay, but not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per we…

(a) For the purpose of this section relating to nonindustrial disability leave benefits, an eligible employee is an employee defined by Section 19858.3. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an eligible employee who has enrolled in the annual leave program unde…

(a) A disabled employee or an employee covered by Section 19878.5 is eligible to receive nonindustrial disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits, as applicable, under this article, equal to one-seventh of the employee’s weekly benefit amount specified in Section 19879 for…

(a) A disabled employee shall be eligible to receive nonindustrial disability benefits under this article without being required to use any vacation leave accrued under Article 2 (commencing with Section 19856) of this part, unless the employee, in his or her sole discretion, ele…

(a) An employee is not eligible for disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article with respect to any period for which the Director of Employment Development finds that the employee has received or is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits u…

(a) Except as provided in this section, an individual is not eligible for disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article for any day of unemployment and disability or family temporary disability insurance for which the individual has received, or is entitled…

(a) (1) Discretionary deductions of the employee, including those for coverage under a state health benefits plan in which the employee is enrolled, shall be deducted from the disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article unless canceled by the employee. If…

(a) (1) Filing, determination, and payment of disability benefit claims under this article shall be made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2701) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. (2) Filing, d…

The department shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article. The appointing power of any officer or employee of the Legislature, who is not a member of the civil service, shall adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the administrat…

As used in this article the term “firefighter of the state” or “firefighter” shall be deemed to include a member of a fire department or fire service of the state, including the University of California, whether these members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, excepting t…

Whenever any firefighter of the state dies or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a firefighter by reason of his or her proceeding to or engaging in a fire-suppression or rescue operation, or the protection or preservation of life or property, anywhere in this state,…

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a firefighter who at the time of his or her injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than the state. (b) Require the extension of any benefits to a firefighter e…

(a) The department may establish a clerical pool in any locality where the demand for temporary clerical help warrants it. Such pool shall be established by the employment of sufficient clerical employees by the office to fill the needs of various appointing powers for temporary …

(a) Upon a request from any appointing power for temporary help which can be filled from those employed by the department in the clerical pool, the department shall assign such persons as are needed. Upon such assignment the appointing power may be charged pursuant to Section 112…

(a) For all purposes of this part such persons are employees of the department and not of the appointing power to which they are assigned. The department shall make all necessary rules to carry out the purposes of this article. The procedure authorized by this article for procuri…

Service under emergency appointment shall be credited for purposes of vacation, sick leave, annual leave, and salary adjustment only if and as provided by department rule. If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reach…

The appointing power, to prevent the stoppage of public business when an actual emergency arises, or because the work will be of limited duration, not to exceed 60 working days, may make emergency appointments without utilizing persons on employment lists and, if necessary, witho…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 18531 and 19888.1, the Department of Industrial Relations may make emergency appointments that exceed 60 working days, subject to the limits of Section 5 of Article VII of the California Constitution, until December 1, 2026. (b) The Department of Indu…