CHAPTER 4. Employment Lists

Heading of Chapter 4 renumbered from Chapter 5 by Stats. 1985, Ch. 794, Sec. 17.

§§ 18900–18993 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 18900–18906 · 10 sections

   • § 18900 (a) Eligible lists shall be established as a result of free competitive examinations open to persons who lawfully may be appointed to any position within the…
   • § 18900.5 For purposes of this part, “designated appointing power” means an appointing power designated by the department under Section 18930.5.
   • § 18900.6 (a) The department may authorize the use of skills-based certification for information technology classifications if all of the following conditions are…
   • § 18901 (a) The department may remove all names from open and promotional eligible lists after they have remained thereon for more than one year from the date of the…
   • § 18901.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 18901, the department may authorize the retention of eligibles on an employment list for an indefinite period of…
   • § 18902 The department may divide the state into districts and departments and establish district eligible lists and departmental eligible lists therefor. A person on…
   • § 18903 (a) For each class there shall be maintained a general reemployment list consisting of the names of all persons who have occupied positions with probationary…
   • § 18904 For each class there shall be maintained a separate departmental reemployment list within a given state agency, which shall consist of the names of persons on…
   • § 18905 The order in which names appear on reemployment lists shall be determined by the relative order of the scores determined as for layoff in accordance with…
   • § 18906 Any name, after a period of five consecutive years, shall be removed from the reemployment lists for the class unless the period is extended by action of the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Examinations §§ 18930–18941 · 16 sections

   • § 18930 Examinations for the establishment of eligible lists shall be competitive and of such character as fairly to test and determine the qualifications, fitness,…
   • § 18930.1 The department shall establish best practices for each aspect of the design, announcement, and administration of examinations for the purpose of increasing…
   • § 18930.5 (a) The department may designate an appointing power to design, announce, or administer examinations for the establishment of employment lists in accordance…
   • § 18931 (a) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for determining the fitness and qualifications of employees for each class of position, including…
   • § 18932 The board shall not establish any minimum or maximum age limits for any civil service examination, except in the cases of positions involving public health or…
   • § 18933 (a) Within a reasonable time before the scheduled date, the department or a designated appointing power shall announce or advertise examinations for the…
   • § 18934 (a) (1) Every applicant for examination shall file an application with the department or a designated appointing power as directed in the examination…
   • § 18935 (a) The department or a designated appointing power may refuse to examine, or after examination may refuse to declare as eligible, or may withhold or withdraw…
   • § 18936 The final earned rating of each person competing in any examination shall be determined by the weighted average of the earned ratings on all phases of the…
   • § 18937 The passing mark for an examination may be other than the true percentage or average published as a part of the announcement of the examination, if deemed by…
   • § 18938 The department or a designated appointing power may issue certificates of competence to candidates who are successful in certain phases of examinations…
   • § 18938.5 When the employment list resulting from examination has been established, each competitor shall be notified in writing of the results of the examination. For…
   • § 18938.6 The department or designated appointing power shall provide for the inspection of examination papers for all written test competitors.
   • § 18939 The department or a designated appointing power may receive applications, conduct examinations, and create eligible lists on a continual basis consistent with…
   • § 18940 Any applicant for examination may request reasonable accommodation for a disability or sincerely held religious belief pursuant to the Fair Employment and…
   • § 18941 Any former state employee who was dismissed from state service pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 19500) of Division 5 of this part may petition…
3. ARTICLE 3. Promotion §§ 18950–18955 · 7 sections

   • § 18950 (a) Vacancies in positions shall be filled insofar as consistent with the best interests of the state from among employees holding positions in appropriate…
   • § 18950.1 Notwithstanding any other law, full-time employees of the state who are exempt from state civil service pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Article VII…
   • § 18951 The board, department, and each state agency and employee shall encourage economy and efficiency in and devotion to state service by encouraging promotional…
   • § 18951.5 (a) In an examination held on an open, nonpromotional basis under Section 18950, a competitor who has served at least one full year in, or who is a graduate…
   • § 18952 Any employee who feels aggrieved at any action taken by any superior or fellow employee in discouraging or in any manner hindering or preventing him from…
   • § 18954 In any promotional examinations for positions in the California Highway Patrol, there shall be allowed to each competitor an additional credit for merit,…
   • § 18955 Examinations for those classes designated as supervisory level peace officers in the Department of Corrections and Youth Authority, with respect to those peace…
4. ARTICLE 4. Veterans’ Preference §§ 18973–18979 · 8 sections

   • § 18973 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Veteran” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18540.4. (b) “Disabled veteran”…
   • § 18973.1 Whenever any veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran achieves a passing score on an entrance examination, he or she…
   • § 18973.5 (a) For purposes of this article, an entrance examination is any open competitive examination. (b) No veterans’ preference under this article shall be awarded…
   • § 18974.5 Any member of the Armed Forces who successfully passes any state civil service examination and whose name as a result is placed on an employment list and who…
   • § 18975 Periods of service in the recognized military service shall be counted by the department and designated appointing authority as qualifying experience upon a…
   • § 18976 (a) Request for and proof of eligibility for veterans’ preference shall be submitted by the veteran to the department or designated appointing authority…
   • § 18977 Where experience is required as a minimum qualification for any civil service examination, a person, who is or has been on military leave from a state civil…
   • § 18979 (a) In making appointments to positions performing the duties of disabled veterans’ outreach program representatives in the disabled veterans’ outreach program…
5. ARTICLE 5. Exempt Employees §§ 18990–18993 · 4 sections

   • § 18990 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years shall be given an opportunity,…
   • § 18991 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a…
   • § 18992 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch…
   • § 18993 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative or nonelected exempt executive branch employee who is appointed to a career executive assignment…