California Education Code ARTICLE 2 - Appointment, Tenure, Layoff and Dismissal of Employees

• Section 89530.
  (a) As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Dismissal” means dismissal for cause.(2) “Layoff” means separation from a position for lack of funds or lack...
• Section 89531.
  (a) Every nonacademic employee shall be appointed for one year which is a probationary period. On reappointment for the second year, the employee shall be permanent...
• Section 89532.
  (a) All vacant or newly established nonacademic positions shall, as far as consistent with federal, state, and campus affirmative action guidelines and the best interests of...
• Section 89533.
  (a) Any nonacademic employee shall be required to serve only one probationary period to gain permanent status in a position or in a substantially similar position....
• Section 89534.
  (a) The trustees shall adopt rules prescribing the form, time and method of notice of rejection at any time during the probationary period to any probationary...
• Section 89535.
  Any permanent or probationary employee may be dismissed, demoted, or suspended for the following causes:(a) Immoral conduct.(b) Unprofessional conduct.(c) Dishonesty.(d) Incompetency.(e) Addiction to the use of controlled substances.(f) Failure or refusal...
• Section 89536.
  Any permanent or probationary employee who is physically or mentally unfit for the position occupied may be suspended, demoted, or dismissed pursuant to the provisions...
• Section 89536.1.
  (a) If, after considering the conclusions of a medical examination or medical reports from an employee’s physician or other pertinent information, the trustees determine that the...
• Section 89537.
  “Unprofessional conduct” as used in Section 89535 includes, but is not limited to, willful advocacy of the overthrow of the government of the United States...
• Section 89538.
  (a) Notice of dismissal, demotion, or suspension for cause of an employee shall be in writing, signed by the chancellor or his or her designee and...
• Section 89539.
  (a) (1) Any employee dismissed, suspended, or demoted for cause may request a hearing by the State Personnel Board by filing a request, in writing, with the...
• Section 89539.1.
  An employee who has been served with notice of dismissal, suspension, or demotion for cause, or a representative designated by the employee, shall have the...
• Section 89539.2.
  (a) Any party claiming that his or her request for discovery pursuant to Section 89539.1 has not been complied with may serve and file a petition...
• Section 89540.
  If the dismissal, suspension, or demotion or the reassignment is revoked or modified by the State Personnel Board or the trustees, the employee shall be...
• Section 89541.
  (a) Absence without leave of an employee, whether voluntary or involuntary, for five consecutive working days is an automatic resignation from state service, as of the...
• Section 89542.
  (a) If a petition to set aside the resignation of any employee is filed with the State Personnel Board within 30 days after the last date...
• Section 89542.5.
  (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall establish grievance and disciplinary action procedures for all academic employees, including all temporary employees who have been...
• Section 89543.
  (a) The trustees shall adopt regulations for determination of the order in which nonacademic employees shall be laid off for lack of funds or because of...
• Section 89544.
  (a) A permanent nonacademic employee may, with his consent and the approval of the trustees, be employed at less than full time and retain permanent status....
• Section 89545.
  (a) Whenever a new campus of the California State University is established and an employee is transferred from an existing campus of the California State University...
• Section 89546.
  (a) Every employee of a state university or college shall have the right to access to all reports, documents, correspondence, and other material which pertain to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018