California Code
DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL
PART 2 - STATE CIVIL SERVICE

CHAPTER 1 - General

ARTICLE 1 - Purpose

Section 18500. - 18500. It is the purpose of this part: (a) To...

Section 18501. - 18501. This part and Part 2.6 shall be known as...

Section 18502. - 18502. (a) There is hereby created in state government the...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 18520. - 18520. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions hereinafter set...

Section 18521. - 18521. “Board” means the agency created by Section 2 of...

Section 18521.5. - 18521.5. “Department” means the Department of Human Resources. (Added by...

Section 18522. - 18522. “Position” means any office or employment in the “state...

Section 18523. - 18523. “Class” means a group of positions sufficiently similar with...

Section 18524. - 18524. “Appointing authority” or “appointing power” means a person or...

Section 18525. - 18525. “Appointment” means the offer to and acceptance by a...

Section 18525.1. - 18525.1. “Promotion” means the appointment of an employee to a...

Section 18525.2. - 18525.2. “Demotion” means the appointment of an employee to a...

Section 18525.3. - 18525.3. “Transfer” means both of the following: (a) The appointment...

Section 18526. - 18526. “Employee” means a person legally holding a position in...

Section 18527. - 18527. “Probationer” means an employee who has probationary status. “Probationary...

Section 18528. - 18528. “Permanent employee” means an employee who has permanent status....

Section 18529. - 18529. “Temporary employee” means an employee holding a position under...

Section 18530. - 18530. “Limited term employee” means an employee whose appointment as...

Section 18531. - 18531. “Emergency employee” means an employee holding a position under...

Section 18532. - 18532. “Eligible list” means a list of persons who have...

Section 18532.1. - 18532.1. “Preferred limited term list” means a list of persons...

Section 18532.2. - 18532.2. “Departmental eligible list” means a list of persons who...

Section 18533. - 18533. (a) “Subdivisional promotional list” means a list of persons...

Section 18534. - 18534. “General reemployment list” means a list established for the...

Section 18535. - 18535. “Departmental reemployment list” means a list established for the...

Section 18536. - 18536. “Subdivisional reemployment list” means a list established for the...

Section 18537. - 18537. “Employment list” means preferred limited-term list, limited-term list, eligible...

Section 18538. - 18538. “Part” means this part, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...

Section 18540. - 18540. “Armed forces” means the United States Air Force, Army,...

Section 18540.1. - 18540.1. “National emergency” as used in this part means any...

Section 18540.2. - 18540.2. “State military emergency,” as used in this part, means...

Section 18540.3. - 18540.3. “Recognized military service” means full-time service by a person...

Section 18540.4. - 18540.4. “Veteran” means: Any person who has served full time...

Section 18541. - 18541. “Disabled veteran” means any veteran as defined in Section...

Section 18542. - 18542. “Rehabilitation” as used within this part shall mean a...

Section 18543. - 18543. “Military leave” means the leave of absence status of...

Section 18544. - 18544. “Duration employment” means an employment during time of war...

Section 18545. - 18545. “Duration examination” means an open competitive examination, or promotional...

Section 18546. - 18546. “Career executive” means an employee appointed from an employment...

Section 18547. - 18547. “Career executive assignment” means an appointment to a high...

Section 18550. - 18550. A “full-time” position or appointment is a position or...

Section 18551. - 18551. A “part-time” position or appointment is a position or...

Section 18552. - 18552. An “intermittent” position or appointment is a position or...

Section 18553. - 18553. “Core competencies” mean the particular education, experience, knowledge, and...

ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions

Section 18570. - 18570. This part shall be known as the State Civil...

Section 18571. - 18571. Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter...

Section 18572. - 18572. Whenever a power is granted or a duty imposed...

Section 18573. - 18573. Each appointing power shall provide access to records and...

Section 18574. - 18574. All officers and employees of the state and any...

Section 18575. - 18575. (a) (1) The appointing power shall provide service of...

Section 18576. - 18576. Judicial notice shall be taken of board and department...

Section 18577. - 18577. Whenever this part refers to “board rules,” “rules of...

ARTICLE 4 - Scope

Section 18590. - 18590. This part does not prohibit any state agency which...

Section 18591. - 18591. The “state civil service” includes state officers and employees,...

Section 18592. - 18592. The “state civil service” shall include all fire protection...

Section 18596. - 18596. The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed...

Section 18596.5. - 18596.5. The “state civil service” shall include all vocational education...

Section 18597. - 18597. The “state civil service” shall include all teachers who...

Section 18599. - 18599. The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed...

CHAPTER 2 - Administration

ARTICLE 1 - The State Personnel Board

Section 18650. - 18650. The annual salary of each member of the board...

Section 18651. - 18651. The board may appoint and fix the compensation of...

Section 18652. - 18652. The board shall secure such suitable and convenient offices,...

Section 18653. - 18653. The board shall meet in Sacramento as often as...

Section 18654. - 18654. The intention of the Legislature is hereby declared to...

Section 18654.5. - 18654.5. The executive officer shall administer the civil service statutes...

Section 18655. - 18655. When any person selected to assist in examinations or...

Section 18656. - 18656. The Attorney General shall render such opinions to and...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Policy and Audit

Section 18660. - 18660. Pursuant to Section 3 of Article VII of the...

Section 18661. - 18661. (a) The board may conduct an audit of any...

Section 18662. - 18662. (a) The board shall determine the total annual cost...

ARTICLE 2 - Investigations and Hearings

Section 18670. - 18670. The board may hold hearings and make investigations concerning...

Section 18671. - 18671. Such hearings and investigations may be conducted by the...

Section 18671.1. - 18671.1. (a) If a hearing or investigation is conducted by...

Section 18671.2. - 18671.2. (a) The board shall determine the total cost to...

Section 18672. - 18672. (a) Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum may be issued...

Section 18672.1. - 18672.1. (a) A person served with a subpoena or a...

Section 18673. - 18673. If a witness does not reside within 100 miles...

Section 18674. - 18674. Witnesses at a hearing or investigation are entitled to...

Section 18675. - 18675. (a) All hearings and investigations authorized by this part...

Section 18676. - 18676. When ordered to do so, a witness shall not...

Section 18677. - 18677. A person who claims and is granted immunity prior...

Section 18678. - 18678. Any person served with a subpena to appear and...

Section 18679. - 18679. The board and any person authorized by it to...

Section 18680. - 18680. The remedy provided in Sections 11186 to 11188 inclusive...

Section 18681. - 18681. Whenever any matter is pending before the board involving...

Section 18682. - 18682. Whenever any employee, department, or other person, actively interested...

Section 18683. - 18683. (a) Whenever any employee, department, or other person actively...

ARTICLE 3 - General Powers and Duties

Section 18701. - 18701. The board shall prescribe, amend, and repeal rules in...

Section 18702. - 18702. The board shall create and adjust classes of positions...

Section 18703. - 18703. The board shall provide for dismissals, demotions, suspensions, and...

Section 18706. - 18706. The board may make agreements with personnel agencies in...

Section 18707. - 18707. The board and the Department of Human Resources may...

Section 18708. - 18708. The board shall cooperate with the Director of Finance,...

Section 18710. - 18710. All orders and decisions of the board made pursuant...

Section 18711. - 18711. The board and the Department of Human Resources may...

Section 18714. - 18714. (a) Nothing in this part shall preclude the Department...

Section 18717. - 18717. (a) The board shall develop objective criteria for determining...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Employment Procedures

Section 18720. - 18720. The employment procedures of the department and of each...

Section 18720.1. - 18720.1. The department shall be responsible for the collection and...

Section 18720.2. - 18720.2. The Civil Rights Department shall collect and review all...

Section 18720.3. - 18720.3. Each state agency is responsible for ensuring that the...

Section 18720.4. - 18720.4. State agencies shall exhaust existing supplies of forms which...

Section 18720.45. - 18720.45. Employment forms used by a state agency shall require...

Section 18720.5. - 18720.5. A violation of this article shall constitute an unlawful...

CHAPTER 3 - Classification

Section 18800. - 18800. The board shall create and adjust classes of positions...

Section 18801.1. - 18801.1. The Department of Human Resources shall designate managerial positions,...

Section 18802. - 18802. From time to time as it deems necessary, the...

Section 18804. - 18804. Upon the reallocation of a position, other than by...

Section 18806. - 18806. The classification title or a code symbol approved by...

CHAPTER 4 - Employment Lists

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 18900. - 18900. (a) Eligible lists shall be established as a result...

Section 18900.5. - 18900.5. For purposes of this part, “designated appointing power” means...

Section 18900.6. - 18900.6. (a) The department may authorize the use of skills-based...

Section 18901. - 18901. (a) The department may remove all names from open...

Section 18901.5. - 18901.5. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 18901, the department may...

Section 18902. - 18902. The department may divide the state into districts and...

Section 18903. - 18903. (a) For each class there shall be maintained a...

Section 18904. - 18904. For each class there shall be maintained a separate...

Section 18905. - 18905. The order in which names appear on reemployment lists...

Section 18906. - 18906. Any name, after a period of five consecutive years,...

ARTICLE 2 - Examinations

Section 18930. - 18930. Examinations for the establishment of eligible lists shall be...

Section 18930.1. - 18930.1. The department shall establish best practices for each aspect...

Section 18930.5. - 18930.5. (a) The department may designate an appointing power to...

Section 18931. - 18931. (a) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for determining...

Section 18932. - 18932. The board shall not establish any minimum or maximum...

Section 18933. - 18933. (a) Within a reasonable time before the scheduled date,...

Section 18934. - 18934. (a) (1) Every applicant for examination shall file an...

Section 18935. - 18935. (a) The department or a designated appointing power may...

Section 18936. - 18936. The final earned rating of each person competing in...

Section 18937. - 18937. The passing mark for an examination may be other...

Section 18938. - 18938. The department or a designated appointing power may issue...

Section 18938.5. - 18938.5. When the employment list resulting from examination has been...

Section 18938.6. - 18938.6. The department or designated appointing power shall provide for...

Section 18939. - 18939. The department or a designated appointing power may receive...

Section 18940. - 18940. Any applicant for examination may request reasonable accommodation for...

Section 18941. - 18941. Any former state employee who was dismissed from state...

ARTICLE 3 - Promotion

Section 18950. - 18950. (a) Vacancies in positions shall be filled insofar as...

Section 18950.1. - 18950.1. Notwithstanding any other law, full-time employees of the state...

Section 18951. - 18951. The board, department, and each state agency and employee...

Section 18951.5. - 18951.5. (a) In an examination held on an open, nonpromotional...

Section 18952. - 18952. Any employee who feels aggrieved at any action taken...

Section 18954. - 18954. In any promotional examinations for positions in the California...

Section 18955. - 18955. Examinations for those classes designated as supervisory level peace...

ARTICLE 4 - Veterans Preference

Section 18973. - 18973. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 18973.1. - 18973.1. Whenever any veteran, widow or widower of a veteran,...

Section 18973.5. - 18973.5. (a) For purposes of this article, an entrance examination...

Section 18974.5. - 18974.5. Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes...

Section 18975. - 18975. Periods of service in the recognized military service shall...

Section 18976. - 18976. (a) Request for and proof of eligibility for veterans’...

Section 18977. - 18977. Where experience is required as a minimum qualification for...

Section 18979. - 18979. (a) In making appointments to positions performing the duties...

ARTICLE 5 - Exempt Employees

Section 18990. - 18990. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,...

Section 18991. - 18991. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons retired from...

Section 18992. - 18992. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule,...

Section 18993. - 18993. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative...

CHAPTER 5 - Appointments

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 19050. - 19050. The appointing power in all cases not excepted or...

Section 19050.2. - 19050.2. (a) Subject to the approval of the board, the...

Section 19050.3. - 19050.3. Transfer of an employee from a position under one...

Section 19050.4. - 19050.4. A transfer may be accomplished without examination pursuant to...

Section 19050.5. - 19050.5. Notwithstanding Section 3517.6, an appointing power may transfer any...

Section 19050.7. - 19050.7. Whenever any position is changed by the adoption of...

Section 19050.8. - 19050.8. The board may prescribe rules governing the temporary assignment...

Section 19050.9. - 19050.9. Whenever a function or the administration of a law...

Section 19051. - 19051. Civil service appointments shall only be made to a...

Section 19052. - 19052. Whenever a vacancy in any position is to be...

Section 19054. - 19054. Except as provided in Section 19054.1, the order of...

Section 19054.1. - 19054.1. When an examination for a managerial position is conducted...

Section 19055. - 19055. The department may, consistent with board rules, provide for...

Section 19056. - 19056. If the appointment is to be made from a...

Section 19056.5. - 19056.5. Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, if the...

Section 19057.1. - 19057.1. (a) Except for reemployment lists and State Restriction of...

Section 19057.2. - 19057.2. (a) An appointing power, before offering employment to an...

Section 19057.3. - 19057.3. (a) For a position in the Department of Corrections...

Section 19058. - 19058. When there is no employment list from which a...

Section 19059. - 19059. A person who does not possess the minimum qualifications...

Section 19061. - 19061. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person appointed...

Section 19062. - 19062. If there are no vacancies in the appropriate journeyman...

Section 19062.3. - 19062.3. An employee holding a full- or part-time appointment shall...

Section 19062.5. - 19062.5. The department may establish eligibility requirements governing movement of...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Appointments: Priority Consideration

Section 19063. - 19063. (a) Any person receiving state public assistance under the...

Section 19063.1. - 19063.1. Each state agency that intends to establish qualified hiring...

Section 19063.2. - 19063.2. Each state agency that has an open seasonal or...

Section 19063.3. - 19063.3. This article may be waived by the Governor, if...

Section 19063.4. - 19063.4. If no public assistance recipient applies for an opening...

Section 19063.5. - 19063.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, participation in a...

Section 19063.8. - 19063.8. Any seasonal or entry level nontesting classifications specifically designed...

ARTICLE 2 - Limited Term

Section 19080. - 19080. Whenever an appointing power requires the appointment of a...

Section 19080.3. - 19080.3. Limited term appointments shall be made only for temporary...

Section 19080.5. - 19080.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 19080.3, a limited term appointment for...

Section 19081. - 19081. Eligibles shall be certified in accordance with their position...

Section 19082. - 19082. The department may provide for the establishment, maintenance, and...

Section 19083. - 19083. Limited-term employees shall be subject to such conditions affecting...

ARTICLE 3 - Intermittent

Section 19100.5. - 19100.5. Whenever the appointing power requires the appointment of a...

Section 19101. - 19101. The department or a designated appointing authority may establish...

ARTICLE 4 - Personal Services Contracts

Section 19130. - 19130. The purpose of this article is to establish standards...

Section 19131. - 19131. Any state agency proposing to execute a contract pursuant...

Section 19132. - 19132. (a) The State Personnel Board, at the request of...

Section 19133. - 19133. (a) Any state agency may enter into an agreement...

Section 19134. - 19134. (a) Personal services contracts entered into by a state...

Section 19135. - 19135. (a) If a contract is disapproved by action of...

ARTICLE 5 - Reinstatement

Section 19140. - 19140. (a) In addition to reinstatement required under any other...

Section 19140.5. - 19140.5. This section applies only to a permanent employee, or...

Section 19141. - 19141. (a) This section applies only to an employee in...

Section 19141.1. - 19141.1. (a) This section only applies to employees in an...

Section 19142. - 19142. (a) Every person accepts and holds a position in...

Section 19143. - 19143. At the termination of any temporary separation, except termination...

Section 19144. - 19144. Subject to Sections 21223 and 21224, a person who...

ARTICLE 6 - Probationary Period

Section 19170. - 19170. (a) The board shall establish for each class the...

Section 19171. - 19171. The service of a probationary period is required under...

Section 19172. - 19172. During the probationary period the appointing power shall evaluate...

Section 19173. - 19173. (a) Any probationer may be rejected by the appointing...

Section 19175. - 19175. The board at the written request of a rejected...

Section 19175.1. - 19175.1. The board, upon the written request of a probationer...

Section 19175.2. - 19175.2. The board, upon the written request of a probationer...

Section 19175.5. - 19175.5. Subject to board rule an appointing power may cancel...

Section 19180. - 19180. If the board restores a rejected probationer to his...

ARTICLE 7 - Duration Appointments

Section 19200. - 19200. Whenever the United States is engaged in war or...

ARTICLE 9 - Hiring of Disabled Persons

Section 19230. - 19230. The Legislature hereby declares that: (a) It is the...

Section 19231. - 19231. As used in this article, “individual with a disability”...

Section 19232. - 19232. Each state agency shall be responsible for establishing an...

Section 19233. - 19233. The department shall be responsible for the following: (a)...

Section 19234. - 19234. Each state agency shall annually review its hiring activities...

Section 19236. - 19236. The department shall provide technical assistance, statewide advocacy, coordination,...

Section 19237. - 19237. On or before November 15 of each year, the...

Section 19238. - 19238. (a) By December 31, 2025, the department, shall report...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Limited Examination and Appointment Program

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 19240. - 19240. (a) The department, consistent with board rules, shall be...

Section 19241. - 19241. (a) The department, consistent with board rules, shall be...

ARTICLE 2 - Examinations and Appointments

Section 19242. - 19242. (a) The department or its designee shall conduct competitive...

Section 19242. - 19242. (a) The department or its designee shall conduct competitive...

Section 19242.1. - 19242.1. An appointment to a position for the purpose of...

Section 19242.2. - 19242.2. The department or its designee shall create a referral...

Section 19242.4. - 19242.4. All examination appointments to positions under the Limited Examination...

Section 19242.6. - 19242.6. Candidates serving in positions under the Limited Examination and...

Section 19242.8. - 19242.8. The department or its designee shall develop evaluation standards...

Section 19242.9. - 19242.9. Upon failure of the appointing power to terminate the...

Section 19243. - 19243. Upon successful completion of the job examination period, the...

Section 19243.2. - 19243.2. With the approval of the department, the appointing power...

Section 19243.4. - 19243.4. Upon unsuccessful completion of the job examination period, the...

ARTICLE 3 - Appeals

Section 19244. - 19244. Applicants for and candidates in the Limited Examination and...

CHAPTER 6 - Service

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 19251.5. - 19251.5. All state employees and employees of the University of...

Section 19253. - 19253. Subject to approval by the department, an appointing power...

Section 19253.5. - 19253.5. (a) An appointing power may require an employee to...

Section 19257. - 19257. Any person acting in good faith in accepting an...

Section 19257.5. - 19257.5. Where the appointment of an employee has been made...

Section 19261. - 19261. (a) The Department of Human Resources may establish standards...

ARTICLE 2 - Upward Mobility

Section 19400. - 19400. It is the intent of this article to establish...

Section 19401. - 19401. All appointing authorities of state government shall establish an...

Section 19402. - 19402. (a) (1) All upward mobility programs shall include annual...

Section 19403. - 19403. The department shall, in cooperation with appointing authorities, establish...

Section 19405. - 19405. The department shall annually submit a report to the...

Section 19406. - 19406. The State Personnel Board shall prepare written guidelines for...

CHAPTER 7 - Separations From Service

ARTICLE 1 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 19570. - 19570. As used in this article “adverse action” means dismissal,...

Section 19571. - 19571. In conformity with this article and the board rule,...

Section 19572. - 19572. Each of the following constitutes cause for discipline of...

Section 19573. - 19573. The Department of Human Resources may establish disciplinary criteria...

Section 19574. - 19574. (a) The appointing power, or its authorized representative, may...

Section 19574.1. - 19574.1. (a) An employee who has been served with notice...

Section 19574.2. - 19574.2. (a) Any party claiming that his or her request...

Section 19574.5. - 19574.5. Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against...

Section 19575. - 19575. The employee has 30 calendar days after the effective...

Section 19575.5. - 19575.5. At any time before an employee’s appeal is submitted...

Section 19576. - 19576. Whenever an answer is filed by an employee who...

Section 19576.1. - 19576.1. Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19576, this section...

Section 19578. - 19578. Except as provided in Section 19576, whenever an answer...

Section 19579. - 19579. Failure of either party (the employee, the employer, or...

Section 19580. - 19580. Either by deposition or at the hearing the employee...

Section 19581. - 19581. The board or its authorized representative shall issue subpenas...

Section 19581.5. - 19581.5. Prior to the scheduling of a contested adverse action...

Section 19582. - 19582. (a) Hearings may be held by the board, or...

Section 19582.5. - 19582.5. The board may designate certain of its decisions as...

Section 19582.51. - 19582.51. Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19582.5, this section...

Section 19583. - 19583. The board shall render a decision within a reasonable...

Section 19583.1. - 19583.1. Dismissal of an employee from the service shall, unless...

Section 19583.5. - 19583.5. (a) Any person, except for a current ward of...

Section 19584. - 19584. Whenever the board revokes or modifies an adverse action...

Section 19585. - 19585. (a) This section shall apply to permanent and probationary...

Section 19586. - 19586. Within 30 days after the day a copy of...

Section 19587. - 19587. If the petition for rehearing is granted, the matter...

Section 19588. - 19588. The right to petition a court for writ of...

Section 19589. - 19589. Letters of reprimand shall be removed from the personnel...

ARTICLE 2 - Tenure of Managerial Employees

Section 19590. - 19590. Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 19570), persons who...

Section 19590.5. - 19590.5. Notwithstanding Section 19590, a managerial employee who, without a...

Section 19591. - 19591. Any employee demoted pursuant to Section 19590 shall, as...

Section 19592. - 19592. When action is taken under this article, the provisions...

Section 19592.2. - 19592.2. Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against...

Section 19592.5. - 19592.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, when a demotion...

Section 19593. - 19593. This article shall not apply to managerial appointments that...

CHAPTER 8 - Demonstration Projects

Section 19600. - 19600. The department may, directly or through agreement or contract...

Section 19600.1. - 19600.1. “Demonstration project” means a project approved by the board...

Section 19601. - 19601. No demonstration project may provide for a waiver of...

Section 19602. - 19602. (a) Before conducting or entering into any agreement or...

Section 19602.5. - 19602.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933,...

Section 19602.7. - 19602.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933,...

Section 19602.8. - 19602.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933,...

Section 19603. - 19603. Each demonstration project shall terminate before the end of...

Section 19604. - 19604. Employees within a unit with respect to which a...

Section 19605. - 19605. (a) Supervisory employees, as defined in subdivision (g) of...

Section 19606. - 19606. The department shall provide for an evaluation of the...

Section 19607. - 19607. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect any rights...

Section 19608. - 19608. Any demonstration project implemented under this chapter shall not...

Section 19609. - 19609. (a) For a demonstration project made permanent pursuant to...

CHAPTER 9 - Actions

Section 19630. - 19630. An action or proceeding shall not be brought by...

Section 19631. - 19631. The time for filing or commencing any such action...

Section 19632. - 19632. Process directed to any officer or employee, or the...

Section 19633. - 19633. In any proceeding brought pursuant to Section 1094.5 of...

Section 19635. - 19635. No adverse action shall be valid against any state...

CHAPTER 10 - Prohibitions and Offenses

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 19680. - 19680. It is unlawful for any person: (a) Willfully by...

Section 19681. - 19681. It is unlawful for any person: (a) To practice...

Section 19682. - 19682. Every person who violates any provision of this chapter...

Section 19683. - 19683. (a) The State Personnel Board shall initiate a hearing...

Section 19683.1. - 19683.1. The State Personnel Board shall assist the State Auditor...

Section 19683.5. - 19683.5. If a state employee is successful in an action...

ARTICLE 2 - Discrimination

Section 19700. - 19700. The board, its executive officer, or any appointing power...

Section 19701. - 19701. A person shall not be discriminated against under this...

Section 19702. - 19702. (a) A person shall not be discriminated against in...

Section 19702.1. - 19702.1. Hiring and promotion pursuant to this part shall conform...

Section 19702.2. - 19702.2. Educational prerequisites or testing or evaluation methods which are...

Section 19702.3. - 19702.3. (a) An appointing authority shall not refuse to hire,...

Section 19702.5. - 19702.5. (a) The Department of Human Resources shall provide to...

Section 19703. - 19703. A recommendation, question, or inquiry under this part shall...

Section 19704. - 19704. (a) It is unlawful to require, permit, or suffer...

Section 19705. - 19705. Notwithstanding Section 19704, the Department of Human Resources may,...

Section 19706. - 19706. It is unlawful to require or permit any notation...

ARTICLE 3 - Unlawful Employment

Section 19760. - 19760. It is unlawful for any State officer or employee...

Section 19762. - 19762. No salary, compensation, or other emolument shall be paid...

Section 19763. - 19763. If the department notifies an officer or employee that...

Section 19764. - 19764. Every person who makes a payment of salary, compensation,...

Section 19765. - 19765. All money recovered in such an action, when collected,...

CHAPTER 11 - Military Service

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 19770. - 19770. (a) With the exception of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with...

ARTICLE 2 - Military Leave of Absence

Section 19771. - 19771. (a) Upon presentation of a copy of orders for...

Section 19771.5. - 19771.5. For purposes of this chapter, members of the State...

Section 19772. - 19772. “Short-term military leave” means a leave for six months...

Section 19773. - 19773. The appointing power shall grant a military leave of...

Section 19774. - 19774. (a) Employee members of reserve military units and the...

ARTICLE 3 - Pay and Benefits

Section 19775. - 19775. An employee who is granted a long-term military leave...

Section 19775.1. - 19775.1. (a) An employee who is granted a short-term military...

Section 19775.15. - 19775.15. (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to...

Section 19775.16. - 19775.16. (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to...

Section 19775.17. - 19775.17. (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to...

Section 19775.18. - 19775.18. (a) In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to...

Section 19775.2. - 19775.2. (a) Pay under the provisions of Sections 19775 and...

Section 19775.3. - 19775.3. An employee who meets the conditions under Sections 19775...

Section 19775.4. - 19775.4. Except as provided in Section 19781, a person in...

Section 19775.5. - 19775.5. Any person in recognized military service, whose name appears...

Section 19775.6. - 19775.6. Time spent on military leave, including rehabilitation afforded by...

Section 19775.7. - 19775.7. Whenever a state employee is certified for appointment to...

Section 19775.8. - 19775.8. Except as provided in Section 19781, when any person...

Section 19775.9. - 19775.9. An individual on military leave from either a state...

Section 19776. - 19776. If a promotional examination was held while an employee...

ARTICLE 4 - Reinstatement After Military Service

Section 19780. - 19780. (a) Except as provided in Section 19781, a permanent,...

Section 19782. - 19782. A limited-term employee or temporary employee who begins active...

Section 19783. - 19783. A permanent, probationary, or exempt employee who resigns from...

Section 19784. - 19784. Upon reinstatement of a person under the provisions of...

Section 19785. - 19785. A civil service employee who is entitled to reinstatement...

Section 19786. - 19786. (a) When a civil service employee has been reinstated...

CHAPTER 12 - State Civil Service Equal Employment Opportunity Program

Section 19790. - 19790. (a) Each state agency is responsible for an effective...

Section 19791. - 19791. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 19792. - 19792. The department shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 19792.5. - 19792.5. (a) In order to permit the public to track...

Section 19793. - 19793. By November 15 of each year, the Department of...

Section 19794. - 19794. In cooperation with the department, the appointing power of...

Section 19795. - 19795. (a) The appointing power of each state agency and...

Section 19796. - 19796. Bureau or division chiefs within a state agency shall...

Section 19797. - 19797. (a) Each state agency shall develop, update annually, and...

Section 19798. - 19798. In establishing order and subdivisions of layoff and reemployment,...

Section 19798.5. - 19798.5. State departments, agencies, and the department shall continue to...

Section 19799. - 19799. When any state agency conducts any survey as to...