California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 1 - Administrative Personnel › Chapter 3 - Department of Human Resources › Subchapter 1 - General Civil Service Rules › Article 4 - Employee Merit Award Program › Section 599.660 - Eligibility for Awards

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Employee eligibility for awards will be measured in terms of assigned or
					 expected job responsibilities. Eligibility shall be initially determined by the
					 agency that employed the suggester at the time the suggestion was submitted. An
					 employee is not eligible for an award for a suggestion pertaining to a subject
					 assigned to him/her for research, development or solution for which he/she has
					 a clear and specific responsibility to offer as part of his/her normal job
					 requirements. In determining normal job responsibilities, the agency and/or the
					 Board will consider the job description/duty statement, performance
					 requirements, supervisors' interpretations, authority to place suggestions into
					 effect, expectations of the classification job specification, and other
					 factors, such as customary practice, which may have a bearing on the duties
					 expected of the suggester.
(b)
					 Employees appointed to career executive assignments (CEA), or exempt
					 classifications with a collective bargaining designation of "managerial", are
					 not considered eligible to receive cash awards under the Employee Suggestion
					 Program. These classifications are distinguished from others in the state civil
					 service in that the duties and responsibilities are of a high administrative
					 and top managerial nature. It is an inherent part of the job expectations and
					 duties of employees appointed to such classifications to find efficient ways to
					 improve the operation of state government.
(c) In cases where a dispute may arise
					 between the adopting and/or employing agency and the suggester as to his/her
					 eligibility to receive an award, the suggestion shall be forwarded to the Merit
					 Award Program for review. Facts and opinions on the eligibility of the
					 suggester may be solicited from the employing agency for review by the Board in
					 formulating an official recommendation to the Department.
(d) To be eligible for an award, an employee
					 must propose a change that has a direct effect on the reduction or elimination
					 of state expenditure or improvement in the operation or safety of state
					 government. An award will not be granted in instances where a suggestion has
					 been adopted as a result of an action that is neither occasioned by nor
					 resulting from the suggestion.
(e)
					 As a condition of eligibility for an award, each suggester shall execute the
					 following agreement:
"The use by the State of California of my suggestion
						shall not form the basis of a further claim of any nature upon the State of
						California by me, my heirs or assigns."
(f) To be considered eligible for an award,
					 suggesters whose proposals are implemented prior to the submission of an
					 Employee Suggestion form (STD 645 Rev 12-95) must submit a form with
					 appropriate verification within six months following the date the suggestion
					 was first put into effect.
1. New
						section filed 2-9-84 (corrected copy refiled 2-27-84); effective thirtieth day
						thereafter (Register 84, No. 8).
2. Editorial correction of HISTORY
						NOTES printed in error in Register 84, Nos. 8 and 12 (Register 84, No.
						15).
3. Amendment filed 12-2-92; operative 1-2-93 (Register 94, No.
						8).
4. Amendment filed 9-19-96; operative 10-19-96 (Register 96, No.
						38).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE
						filed 10-13-2014 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2014, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  18502,
						  19815.4(d)
						  and
						  19823,
						  Government Code. Reference: Section
						  19823,
						  Government Code.