California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1916 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2018

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1916Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Burke and Rubio)January 23, 2018 An act to add Section 19818.11 to the Government Code, relating to civil service. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1916, as introduced, Cooper. Civil service: Personnel Classification Plan: salary equalization.Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, provides for filling certain state positions through the process of examinations and the establishment of eligible lists and promotional lists. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the Personnel Classification Plan for state civil service positions, including the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the classification plan. This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to work with public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all civil service classifications in order to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare a plan, including a proposed timeline, to ensure the equality of the pay scale for equivalent classifications. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature, not later than June 30, 2019.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19818.11 is added to the Government Code, to read:19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1916Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Burke and Rubio)January 23, 2018 An act to add Section 19818.11 to the Government Code, relating to civil service. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1916, as introduced, Cooper. Civil service: Personnel Classification Plan: salary equalization.Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, provides for filling certain state positions through the process of examinations and the establishment of eligible lists and promotional lists. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the Personnel Classification Plan for state civil service positions, including the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the classification plan. This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to work with public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all civil service classifications in order to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare a plan, including a proposed timeline, to ensure the equality of the pay scale for equivalent classifications. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature, not later than June 30, 2019.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1916

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Burke and Rubio)January 23, 2018

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Burke and Rubio)
January 23, 2018

 An act to add Section 19818.11 to the Government Code, relating to civil service. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1916, as introduced, Cooper. Civil service: Personnel Classification Plan: salary equalization.

Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, provides for filling certain state positions through the process of examinations and the establishment of eligible lists and promotional lists. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the Personnel Classification Plan for state civil service positions, including the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the classification plan. This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to work with public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all civil service classifications in order to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare a plan, including a proposed timeline, to ensure the equality of the pay scale for equivalent classifications. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature, not later than June 30, 2019.

Existing law, the State Civil Service Act, provides for filling certain state positions through the process of examinations and the establishment of eligible lists and promotional lists. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the Personnel Classification Plan for state civil service positions, including the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the classification plan. 

This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to work with public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all civil service classifications in order to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare a plan, including a proposed timeline, to ensure the equality of the pay scale for equivalent classifications. The bill would require the department to submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature, not later than June 30, 2019.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19818.11 is added to the Government Code, to read:19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 19818.11 is added to the Government Code, to read:19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.

SECTION 1. Section 19818.11 is added to the Government Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.

19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.

19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. (b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.



19818.11. (a) The department shall work collaboratively with representatives of public employee bargaining units to develop a plan to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan to determine which classifications have substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions. 

(b) Once the evaluation of the classifications described in subdivision (a) is complete, the department shall prepare a plan, including a detailed, proposed timeline, to ensure that each substantially similar classification has an equal pay scale.

(c) The department shall submit the plan and timeline to the Legislature not later than June 30, 2019, in accordance with Section 9795.