AB 1137: Excluded employees.

Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to establish and adjust salary ranges for each class of position in the state civil service, subject to any merit limits contained in the California Constitution. Existing law provides that, after completion of the first year in a position, an employee shall receive a merit salary adjustment during each year when they meet the standards of efficiency, as prescribed by the department.

Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act, governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. The act defines state employee for purposes of the act and excludes certain employees from that definition, including managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees.

This bill would require an employee who is excluded from the definition of state employee to be informed in writing of a merit salary adjustment denial 10 working days before the proposed effective date of the adjustment.

Existing law entitles all state employees to be given time off with pay for specified holidays and entitles a state employee who is required to work on those holidays to receive straight-time pay and 8 hours of holiday credit.

This bill would require an employee who is excluded from the definition of state employee and who is required to work on certain holidays to receive specified compensation and holiday credit if the employee is eligible for overtime payments under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or, if the employee is ineligible for overtime payments, to receive specified holiday credit and informal time off.