CHAPTER 1. Department of Human Resources

Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 86.

§§ 19815–19819.7 · 37 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 19815–19815.9 · 11 sections

   • § 19815 As used in this part: (a) “Department” means the Department of Human Resources. (b) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Human Resources. (c)…
   • § 19815.2 (a) The Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is hereby created following reorganization of state department, agencies, and boards in an effort to better serve…
   • § 19815.25 The Department of Human Resources, as established on July 1, 2012, is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency.
   • § 19815.3 With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department. The…
   • § 19815.4 The director shall do all of the following: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department. (b) Administer and enforce the laws pertaining to…
   • § 19815.41 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 19815.4, this section shall apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5, 6, or 8. (b) The director shall…
   • § 19815.5 Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director shall appoint such other assistants and other employees as are necessary for the administration of the…
   • § 19815.6 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11042 and 11043, the chief counsel shall represent the department in all legal matters in which the department is interested,…
   • § 19815.7 (a) The department may charge state agencies and departments for the actual and necessary costs related to services rendered by the department in all of the…
   • § 19815.8 (a) No action or proceeding shall be brought by any person having or claiming to have a cause of action or complaint or ground for issuance of any complaint or…
   • § 19815.9 (a) Pursuant to standards established by the department, the employing office of a state employee or state annuitant shall possess documentation verifying…
2. ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 19816.2–19816.21 · 12 sections

   • § 19816.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, regulations and other provisions pertaining to the layoff or demotion in lieu of layoff of civil service…
   • § 19816.4 The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property…
   • § 19816.6 All officers and employees of the State Personnel Board and the Department of Personnel Administration, who, on the operative date of this part, are serving in…
   • § 19816.8 The department may expend, in accordance with law, all moneys made available for its use or for the administration of any statute administered by it.
   • § 19816.10 (a) In order to secure substantial justice and equality among employees in the state civil service, the department may provide by rule for days, hours and…
   • § 19816.12 The department shall establish and maintain in suitable form an official roster of all persons holding positions under this part and enter thereupon their…
   • § 19816.14 The department, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, shall provide for such audit and certification of payrolls as it deems necessary to insure…
   • § 19816.16 The department shall implement the State Employee Assistance Program established by Executive Order B96-82 and may enter into one or more contracts to provide…
   • § 19816.17 The department may enter into contracts for the provision of legally authorized employee benefits not requiring voluntary participation or payroll deductions.…
   • § 19816.18 (a) The department may either self-fund or self-insure any benefit program under its administration when it is cost effective to do so. The department may…
   • § 19816.20 Notwithstanding Section 18717, this section shall apply to state employees in state bargaining units that have agreed to these provisions in a memorandum of…
   • § 19816.21 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 18717 and 19816.20, effective July 1, 2004, the following officers and employees, who are in the following classifications or…
3. ARTICLE 2.2. Administrative Procedure § 19817.10 · 1 section

   • § 19817.10 (a) This article shall apply only to employees in state bargaining units who have agreed to this article in a memorandum of understanding. (b) The…
4. ARTICLE 2.5. Personnel Classification Plan §§ 19818–19818.21 · 10 sections

   • § 19818 Subject to Article VII of the California Constitution, the department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction…
   • § 19818.6 The department shall administer the Personnel Classification Plan of the State of California including the allocation of every position to the appropriate…
   • § 19818.8 (a) A person shall not be assigned to perform the duties of any class other than that to which his or her position is allocated, except as permitted by Section…
   • § 19818.10 The department shall assess the adequacy of the Personnel Classification Plan and, as needed, recommend changes in the plan to the State Personnel Board. The…
   • § 19818.12 Positions in the state service shall be established by the appointing power as authorized by law subject to budgetary authorization and the availability of…
   • § 19818.14 The department may designate an appointing power to allocate positions to the Personnel Classification Plan in accordance with Section 19818.6 and department…
   • § 19818.16 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 905.2, 19818.8, and 19823, the department shall have the authority to review employee claims for additional reimbursement for the…
   • § 19818.18 Upon the allowance of the department of all or part of an employee claim for additional reimbursement for the performance of duties outside the scope of their…
   • § 19818.20 (a) Reasonable opportunity to appeal shall be provided by the department to any employee affected by the allocation or reallocation of his or her position. (b)…
   • § 19818.21 When the Legislature, in the Budget Act, authorizes a specified number of positions in a specified class in a specified agency, the department shall approve…
5. ARTICLE 3. Division of Labor Relations §§ 19819.5–19819.7 · 3 sections

   • § 19819.5 There is in the Department of Human Resources, the Division of Labor Relations.
   • § 19819.6 The Governor shall appoint a deputy director from a list of nominees submitted by the director. This deputy director shall be in addition to the deputy…
   • § 19819.7 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, it shall be the function of the division to represent the Governor regarding all the relevant provisions of…