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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Transfers › Section 19994.

19994. (a) When the state takes over and there is transferred to it a function from any other public agency, the department may determine the extent, if any, to which the employees employed by the other public agency on the date of transfer are entitled to have credited to them in the state civil service, seniority credits, accumulated sick leave, and accumulated vacation because of service with the former agency. Granting of seniority credit under this section is subject to review by the State Personnel Board pursuant to Section 19816.2.
(b) The department shall limit that determination to the time any transferred employees were employed in the specific function or a function substantially similar while in the former agency and the seniority credits and accumulated sick leave and accumulated vacation shall not exceed that to which each employee would be entitled if he or she had been continuously employed by the State of California. This section is applicable to any function heretofore transferred to the state, whether by state action or otherwise, as well as to any future transfers of a function to the state, whether by state action or otherwise.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1, Sec. 25. Effective January 16, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Transfers › Section 19994.1.

19994.1. (a) An appointing power may transfer any employee under his or her jurisdiction: (1) to another position in the same class; or (2) from one location to another whether in the same position, or in a different position as specified above in (1) or in Section 19050.5.
(b) When a transfer under this section or Section 19050.5 reasonably requires an employee to change his or her place of residence, the appointing power shall give the employee, unless the employee waives this right, a written notice of transfer 60 days in advance of the effective date of the transfer. Unless the employee waives this right, the appointing power shall provide to the employee 60 days prior to the effective date of the transfer a written notice setting forth in clear and concise language the reasons why the employee is being transferred.
(c) If this section is in conflict with a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the memorandum of understanding requires the expenditure of funds, it shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1, Sec. 26. Effective January 16, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Transfers › Section 19994.2.

19994.2. (a) When there are two or more employees in a class and an involuntary transfer is required to a position in the same class, or an appropriate class as designated by the State Personnel Board, in a location that reasonably requires an employee to change his or her place of residence, the department may determine the methods by which employees in the class or classes involved are to be selected for transfer. These methods may include seniority and other considerations.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1, Sec. 27. Effective January 16, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Transfers › Section 19994.3.

19994.3. (a) If a transfer is protested to the department by an employee as made for the purpose of harassing or disciplining the employee, the appointing power may require the employee to transfer pending approval or disapproval of the transfer by the department. If the department disapproves the transfer, the employee shall be returned to his or her former position, shall be paid the regular travel allowance for the period of time he or she was away from his or her original headquarters, and his or her moving costs both from and back to the original headquarters shall be paid in accordance with the department rules.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 - Transfers › Section 19994.4.

19994.4. (a) At the time it is filed with the department a copy of the protest shall be filed with the appointing power. Such a protest shall be made within 30 days of the time the employee is notified of the transfer.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5.6 - Tobacco Control › Section 19994.30.

19994.30. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Building” means a building owned and occupied, or leased and occupied, by the state.
(b) “State” or “state agency” means a state agency, as defined pursuant to Section 11000, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal, and each California Community College campus and each campus of the California State University and the University of California.
(c) “State employee” means an employee of a state agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 342, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5.6 - Tobacco Control › Section 19994.33.

19994.33. (a) The State Department of Health Services may develop guidelines for the content and effective presentation of tobacco smoking control programs designed to assist an individual in either a self-help or group environment. The guidelines may be distributed to state agencies. The State Department of Health Services may provide a copy of the guidelines to any individual or group, upon request, and may charge a fee that shall not exceed the actual cost of producing a copy.
(b) State agencies may offer tobacco smoking control programs to their employees. A state agency may use existing employee training funds to pay for the presentation of tobacco smoking control programs offered to state employees at a state-owned or state-leased building during normal work hours.
(c) Not later than January 31, 1994, and thereafter upon initial employment, each state agency shall inform its employees about the smoking prohibition contained in Section 7597, areas where smoking is permitted, and the availability of tobacco smoking control programs.
(d) Enrollment in a tobacco smoking control program by any state employee shall be voluntary.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 342, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5.6 - Tobacco Control › Section 19994.34.

19994.34. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency specified in Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001) of the Food and Agricultural Code may accommodate the smoking public where it is economically feasible, provided state employees are not required to work in enclosed areas where the probability of exposure to secondhand smoke exists and the nonsmoking public is provided with a smoke-free environment in all enclosed buildings.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1211, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5.6 - Tobacco Control › Section 19994.35.

19994.35. (a) No tobacco product advertising shall be allowed in any state-owned and state-occupied building excepting advertising contained in a program, leaflet, newspaper, magazine, or other written material lawfully sold, brought, or distributed within a state building.
(b) “Advertise,” for purposes of this section, means the display of any poster, sign, or other written or visual material that is intended to communicate commercial information or images to the public.
(c) “Tobacco product,” for purposes of this section, means any product containing tobacco, the prepared leaves of plants of the nicotiana family, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, loose tobacco, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other preparation of tobacco.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1211, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.

19995. (a) The department shall devise plans for and cooperate with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs so that the quality of service rendered by persons in the state civil service may be continually improved.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.1.

19995.1. For the purpose of meeting the development needs of the state’s workforce, the department shall analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate an integrated development strategy to continually advance employee skills and improve performance productivity and service. The department may prescribe regulations and conditions for the administration of this chapter. The conditions prescribed by the department may include, but not be limited to, the requirements that the training shall be cost effective, of value to the state, and relevant to the employee’s career development in state service. The department may further prescribe the conditions under which an employee may be required to reimburse the state for the costs of out-service training in the event he or she fails to remain in state service for a reasonable time after receiving the training.
If the provisions of this section 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 the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 35, Sec. 13. (SB 848) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.1.5.

19995.1.5. (a) The department may provide training programs to any public employee or officer so that the quality of service rendered by those persons may be continually improved. For purposes of this subdivision, “public employee or officer” means any employee or officer of any of the following:
(1) The state, regardless of whether the employee or officer is subject to state civil service.
(2) A city.
(3) A county.
(4) A special district, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(5) The California State University.
(6) The University of California.
(7) The Legislature.
(8) The judicial branch.
(9) The federal government.
(b) The department may give priority registration for enrollment in training programs described in subdivision (a) to state employees and officers.
(c) The department, at its discretion, may exclude any public employee or officer from a training program described in subdivision (a) based on the appropriateness of the subject matter for those public employees or officers.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 18707, the department may collect registration fees from the employee’s or officer’s employing entity for attendance in a training program described in subdivision (a) without entering into a written agreement with that employing entity or seeking the approval of the Department of General Services. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by an employing entity that is a state agency for charges due under this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 24, Sec. 17. (SB 83) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.2.

19995.2. (a) To such extent as practicable and within available resources for this purpose, the appointing power shall arrange for such counseling and training of employees as may be reasonably needed to prepare them for placement in other state civil service positions when their positions have been or are about to be changed substantially or eliminated by automation, technological changes, or other management-initiated changes and the department shall devise plans for and cooperate with appointing powers and other supervising officials in the administration of counseling, training, and placement programs for employees so affected.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.3.

19995.3. (a) The department and the Department of Rehabilitation shall jointly formulate procedures for the selection and orderly referral of disabled state employees who can be benefited by rehabilitation services and might be retrained for other appropriate positions within the state service. The Department of Rehabilitation shall cooperate in devising training programs for the disabled employees.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6 - Training › Section 19995.4.

19995.4. (a) The department shall devise plans for, and cooperate with appointing powers in the conduct of, supervisor, manager, and career executive assignment employee training programs so that the quality of leadership services rendered by persons in those positions may be continually improved and succession planning supported.
(b) Upon the initial appointment of an employee to a designated supervisory position, the employee shall be provided a minimum of 80 hours of training, as prescribed by the department. The training shall address the role of the supervisor, techniques of supervision, planning, organizing, staffing, performance standards, performance appraisals, discipline, labor relations, and all employment laws, including, but not limited to, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for persons with disabilities. Every supervisor shall have access to a copy of each bargaining agreement covering the employees he or she supervises.
(c) The required hours of supervisory training shall be successfully completed within six months of the employee’s initial appointment, but no later than the term of the probationary period. Upon completion of the initial appointment training, supervisory employees shall be provided biennially a minimum of 20 hours of leadership training and development, as prescribed by the department.
(d) Upon the initial appointment of an employee to a management position, the employee shall be provided a minimum of 40 hours of leadership training and development, as prescribed by the department, within 12 months of appointment. Thereafter, the employee shall be provided biennially a minimum of 20 hours of leadership training and development, as prescribed by the department.
(e) Upon the initial appointment of an employee to a career executive assignment position, the employee shall be provided a minimum of 20 hours of leadership training and development as prescribed by the department within 12 months of appointment. Thereafter, the employee shall be provided biennially a minimum of 20 hours of leadership training and development as prescribed by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 903, Sec. 6. (SB 1504) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6.5 - The Governor s Awards › Section 19995.5.

19995.5. The Governor may make each year awards which shall be known as the Governor’s Awards to employees or groups of employees who distinguished themselves by outstanding service to the state during the preceding year.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 266, Sec. 1. Effective July 26, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6.5 - The Governor s Awards › Section 19995.6.

19995.6. Employees shall be nominated for the award by the directors of the various state departments and agencies and the Governor shall select from the persons so nominated the persons to whom he or she shall make the award.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 6.5 - The Governor s Awards › Section 19995.7.

19995.7. The award shall consist of a suitable medal or trophy.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 19996.

19996. 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 permanently or temporarily separated through retirement or terminated for medical reasons under the provisions of Section 19253.5.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 19996.1.

19996.1. (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 resignation may expressly waive all or any rights or privileges provided for by this chapter, including but not limited to, accumulated vacation, and in such event the records of the department shall be made to conform therewith. No resignation shall be set aside on the ground that it was given or obtained pursuant to or by reason of mistake, fraud, duress, undue influence or that for any other reason it was not the free, voluntary and binding act of the person resigning, unless a petition to set it aside is filed with the department within 30 days after the last date upon which services to the state are rendered or the date the resignation is tendered to the appointing power, whichever is later. In the event a resignation is set aside pursuant to this section, the person resigning shall be reinstated to his or her former position and paid his or her salary for the period he or she was removed from state service as the result of such resignation. From any such salary due there shall be deducted compensation that the employee earned, or might reasonably have earned, during any period commencing more than six months after the initial date of resignation.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 19996.2.

19996.2. (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 separation, file a written request with the department for reinstatement; provided, that if the appointing power has notified the employee of his or her automatic resignation, any request for reinstatement must be made in writing and filed within 15 days of the service of notice of separation. Service of notice shall be made as provided in Section 18575 and is complete on mailing. Reinstatement may be granted only if the employee makes a satisfactory explanation to the department as to the cause of his or her absence and his or her failure to obtain leave therefor, and the department finds that he or she is ready, able, and willing to resume the discharge of the duties of his or her position or, if not, that he or she has obtained the consent of his or her appointing power to a leave of absence to commence upon reinstatement.
An employee so reinstated shall not be paid salary for the period of his or her absence or separation or for any portion thereof.
(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 memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.5 - Excluded Employees Leave Program › Section 19996.3.

19996.3. (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 department shall implement the personal leave program through regulations adopted pursuant to Section 3539.5.
(2) Regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall ensure that the program for employees subject to this section is generally equitable and is consistent with the personal leave program provided to employees covered by memoranda of understanding reached under Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 206, Sec. 1. Effective July 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.19.

19996.19. (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 responsibilities which include the care of dependent elders and the rearing of children.
(3) There is a lack of adequate, affordable adult or child care to accommodate the growing need for such services.
(4) The state is benefited by exploring and encouraging cost-saving supplements to latchkey programs, out-of-home child care services, and adult dependent care.
(5) Disabled employees or persons with special health needs may benefit from voluntary reduced worktime.
(6) Voluntary reduced worktime benefits both employers and employees, by increasing flexibility and decreasing absenteeism, offering management more flexibility in meeting work requirements, and filling shortages in various occupations.
(7) Society is benefited by offering a needed alternative for those individuals who require or prefer shorter hours, despite the reduced income, thus increasing jobs available to reduce unemployment while retaining the skills of individuals who have training and experience.
(8) Employment opportunities are maximized by providing for voluntary reduced worktime options to a standard workweek.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this section to pursue all of the following objectives:
(1) To provide for maximum employment opportunities.
(2) To encourage the realization of individual potential.
(3) To increase the numbers and kinds of public and private sector voluntary reduced worktime options.
(4) To support the creation of a healthy balance between work and family needs, including the need for additional income.
(5) To encourage voluntary reduced worktime opportunities within the private as well as public sector.
(6) To develop policies and procedures which support the growth of voluntary reduced worktime positions.
(7) To promote job stability.
(8) To strengthen the family and promote domestic tranquility and to benefit the family and society by promoting a balance between work and home.
(9) To provide for alternative solutions to the growing need for adequate child care, care for dependent adults, and care for the disabled.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding Sections 19996.20 and 19996.21 which provide that the reduced worktime option shall be made available only to the extent feasible and as the department finds consistent with maximum employment opportunity.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 256, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.20.

19996.20. “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 per week, and such other arrangements which the department finds consistent with maximum employment opportunity to employees desiring other than a standard worktime.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.21.

19996.21. (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 used to reduce the number of full-time equivalency positions authorized to any department.
(b) If the department determines that a reduction in the personnel of departments or agencies of state government equivalent to 1 percent or more or full-time equivalent jobs is contemplated in a single fiscal year, the director may conduct or may direct each affected department or agency to conduct a survey of either all permanent full-time employees or those permanent full-time employees most likely to be affected by the personnel reduction. The purpose of the survey shall be to determine the extent of the desire of employees to participate in voluntary reduced worktime.
The survey shall contain information clearly informing employees of potential worktime options, the effect reduced worktime would have on benefits, and the right to return to full-time work as specified in Section 19996.24.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 711, Sec. 51. Effective September 15, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.22.

19996.22. (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 program, may file a grievance with the department.
(b) Any employee of the California State University system 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 program, may file a grievance pursuant to the procedures established by the Trustees of the California State University.
(c) Nothing in this article shall impair the employment or employment rights or benefits of any employee.
(d) This article shall not apply to employees who are full-time state peace officers unless approved by the peace officers’ appointing power.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 127.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.23.

19996.23. 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 each week.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL › PART 2.6 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 7 - Separations from Service › ARTICLE 1.6 - Reduced Worktime Act › Section 19996.24.

19996.24. (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 of the appointing authority pursuant to regulations adopted by the department which shall define the conditions under which such a request by the appointing authority is appropriate and provide a reasonable grace period for allowing an employee to make the necessary personal arrangements for returning to full-time employment.
(b) If a layoff becomes unavoidable, persons employed on a reduced worktime basis shall not routinely be subject to the layoff ahead of full-time employees. These employees shall be subject to the same seniority and other similar considerations as full-time employees in determining the order of layoffs.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
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19996.25. 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 memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
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19996.26. 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 available to full-time employees of state agencies in similar classes or positions. With regard to benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law and under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, persons employed in reduced worktime positions shall receive such benefits as are provided by law for persons employed for less than full time.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
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19996.27. The department shall adopt appropriate rules and guidelines relating to reduced worktime implementation.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
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19996.28. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 128.)
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19996.29. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Reduced Worktime Act.”
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)
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19996.30. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Partial Service Retirement Act.”
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1258, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 30, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1258.)
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19996.31. 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 enhance the quality of service to the general public by retaining longer, on the average, the skill and expertise of our most experienced public servants.
(d) To reduce insofar as possible by this indirect means the social costs attributable to inappropriate or premature severance of connection with the labor market by retirees.
(e) To conduct and disseminate studies determining the extent to which the concepts embodied in this article are effective in achieving such objectives in hopes that, if successful, the program established under this article may be useful as a guide for extension of the concept to other retirement systems, public and private.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1258, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 30, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1258.)
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19996.32. 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 to participate in reduced worktime for partial service retirement pursuant to this article, provided that the participation may be modified only pursuant to Section 19996.37.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 752, Sec. 1.)
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19996.33. “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 classification be considered full-time employment, combined with the concurrent payment of proportionally reduced compensation and proportionally reduced retirement benefits. As used in this section, and Section 19996.37, “appointing authority” means, with respect to legislative employees, the Joint Rules Committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Assembly Rules Committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 27.12. Effective June 29, 1984.)
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19996.34. 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 intent of the Legislature that nothing in this act shall be used to reduce the number of full-time equivalency positions authorized to any department.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 27.13. Effective June 29, 1984.)
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19996.35. (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 right to participate in this program, may file a grievance in accordance with either the applicable memorandum of understanding or rules and regulations of the department.
(b) Nothing in this article shall impair the employment or employment rights or benefits of any employee.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1258, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 30, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1258.)
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19996.36. 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 hours that an employee works each week.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1258, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 30, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1258.)
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19996.37. (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 extent that such full-time work is available; provided, that any employee who so voluntarily returns to full-time work shall be ineligible for five years thereafter to again participate pursuant to this article. The appointing authority may require a participating employee to return to full-time employment only if a state of emergency has been declared pursuant to Section 8558 which affects the area of the state in which the employee works.
(b) A state employee or a legislative employee who is participating pursuant to this article in reduced worktime for partial service retirement may: (1) elect only once in each fiscal year to further reduce his or her worktime; (2) elect only once in five years to increase his or her worktime to another less than full-time schedule.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 27.14. Effective June 29, 1984.)
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19996.38. 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 understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1258, Sec. 1.5. Effective September 30, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 16 of Ch. 1258.)
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19996.39. 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 State Employees’ Dental Care Act, and the California Dental Service program, all benefits customarily available to full-time employees of state agencies in similar classes or positions. With regard to benefits provided under the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act, persons employed in reduced worktime positions for partial service retirement shall receive the same benefits as are provided by law for employees under the same circumstances who are employed, full time. The department may, for purposes of administrative efficiency, treat the class of partially retired employees as fully employed with respect to health care benefits, provided that such administrative treatment does not impair the level of benefits to which the class would be entitled if treated administratively another way.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 268, Sec. 27.15. Effective June 29, 1984.)
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19997. 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 procedures established or agreed to under this article shall be subject to State Personnel Board review pursuant to Section 19816.2.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1, Sec. 28. Effective January 16, 2002.)