State Classification Systems

State classification ���system jurisdiction

•  State Personnel Board (SPB) – Merit System & Appeals

•  Department of Human Resources (CalHR) – Administration & Grievances

•  Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) – Collective Bargaining Enforcement

State Personnel Board (SPB)

Jurisdiction:

California Constitution, Article VII, Section 1 (b) “In the civil service permanent appointment and promotion shall be made under a general system based on merit ascertained by competitive examination.”

SPB – cont’d

Merit System: Job-related qualifications and free of illegal discrimination and political patronage

Decentralized testing

State  Departments  1981  

State  Personnel  Board  (SPB)  

1934  

SPB – cont’d

Competencies

“Ethics  and  Integrity”  “Accountability”      “Crea8vity”  

“Mul8tasking”  

SPB – cont’d

•  Exams – Need for an exam – Develop examination process – Examination publicized; recruitment

conducted – Applications received – Formal testing procedures – Final examination results calculated – Eligible list established

SPB – cont’d

•  Examination Appeals – Filed within 30 days

•  Grounds for Appeal 1.  Fraud 2.  Discrimination 3.  Erroneous interpretation of MQs 4.  Significant irregularity in the examination

SPB – cont’d

Examination Appeals - Remedies 1.  Fraud or Discrimination •  Cancel the examination

2.  Significant irregularity in the examination •  Cancel appointment •  Order new examination

3.  Entry into the examination 4.  Re-administration of the examination

SPB – cont’d

Scenario

Sergio is an EPR Range B. He submitted an application for the position of EPM I. He was notified by EDD HR that his application was rejected because he did not meet the MQs. - Sergio has six years and eight months experience as a US Navy, First-line Manager & two yrs experience as a US Navy, Recruiter/Canvasser

Pattern I: Range C, EDD Supervisor, or EDD Specialist Pattern II: Five years of administrative or management experience. Three years of the required experience must have been in a managerial capacity.

Scenario

California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)

•  Responsibilities: salaries, benefits, classifications, civil rights, training, exams, recruitment and retention

•  Personnel Classification Plan: organizing

of positions into groups

CalHR: Broad-Banding

Consolidation of classes

Class  Z  $3,600  -­‐  $5,800  

Class  B  $3,600  –  4,700  

Class  A  $4,500  -­‐  $5,800   Class  C  

$4,200  -­‐$5,600  

CalHR – Classification & Reclassification Process

•  Job Analysis: Job Specifications – Minimum qualifications – Salaries v. Pay for Performance

•  Notice to Union •  Proposal Submitted to SPB •  Lack of funding delays process

CalHR

Q: What happens after the Union has been noticed? A: Request to Meet and Confer

California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)

•  Out-of-Class – Performing duties of a higher classification

vs. •  Misallocation – Specification does not

describe the duties and responsibilities assigned to the position

Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Jurisdiction

• Determined the state’s BUs in the 1970s

• Unilateral changes would result in a ULP

State Classification Systems