California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 5 - State and Federal Grant-in-Aid Program Merit Systems › Chapter 1 - Approved Local Merit System Standards › Section 17011 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this Division,
(a) Administrative Law Judge means an
				individual in state service duly appointed to a position classified as an
				Administrative Law Judge.
(b)
				Classification means a category of positions that are sufficiently similar in
				the type of work performed by incumbents, level of difficulty, responsibility,
				and qualifications required such that the positions warrant similar treatment
				in personnel and pay administration.
(c) Department means the California
				Department of Human Resources.
(d)
				Director means the Director of the California Department of Human
				Resources.
(e) Disciplinary Action
				means an action by a Local Agency against an employee that is based on the
				employee's performance of the duties of the position and that results in the
				dismissal, demotion, suspension, or loss of pay or work hours of a permanent
				employee. Disciplinary Action does not include letters of reprimand, written
				instructions to the employee regarding correcting workplace behavior, or any
				other action that does not change a permanent employee's job classification or
				decrease his or her pay.
(f)
				Federal Requirements means the federal principles and standards for a
				merit-based Personnel System set forth in federal regulations administered by
				the Office of Personnel Management, "Intergovernmental Personnel Act Programs;
				Standards for a Merit System of Personnel Administration" in the Code of
				Federal Regulations (CFR), under Title 5, Part 900, Subpart F, 62 FR 5323, Oct.
				14, 1997 and as amended from time to time.
(g) Hearing Officer means an individual
				designated by the Director to hear and prepare proposed decisions in those
				matters that may be appealed to the Department, including but not limited to
				appeals from audit findings and appeals from actions affecting Program
				employees. The Director may delegate to the Hearing Officer those duties and
				powers relating to the conduct of hearings established by Government Code
				section
				19815.4(e)
				for purposes of making a determination.
(h) Local Agency means any city, county, city
				and county, district, or other subdivision of the state, or any independent
				instrumentality thereof, that is required to utilize a merit-based Personnel
				System for Program employees.
(i)
				Personnel System means the laws, rules, practices and policies a Local Agency
				follows, and the operation of its merit-based employee management system for
				applicants. Program employees and other Local Agency employees. Personnel
				System includes but is not limited to, the performance of, and any
				documentation of:
(1) hiring, examination and
				selection, training, performance evaluation and disciplinary
				procedures;
(2) compensation plans,
				classification descriptions, position descriptions and duty
				statements;
(3) employee-management
				memoranda of understanding;
(4)
				anti-discrimination policies and procedures; and
(5) conflict of interest rules and
				procedures.