Decision 1224S – State of California (Department of Corrections) (Martin)
LA-CE-345-S
Decision Date: October 31, 1997
Decision Type: PERB Decision
Description: State appealed finding that temporary employee was state civil service employee under the Dills Act.
Disposition: Dismissed. Board concludes ALJ properly determined temporary employee was civil service employee.
Perc Vol: 22
Perc Index: 29004
Decision Headnotes
200.07000 – Temporary, Part-Time or Substitute Employees
Article VII, section 1 of the California Constitution states that the civil service includes every employee of the state "except as otherwise provided in this Constitution" and Article VII, section 4 lists thirteen specific exemptions; charging party was a temporary employee, which was not one of the specific exemptions. Therefore, charging party was a "state employee" for purposes of the Dills Act; pp. 4-5. Dills Act rights extend to "any civil service employee of the State," and does not expressly exclude temporary employees; therefore, Martin was a state employee under the Dills Act and PERB has jurisdiction over the case; pp. 7-8.
503.07000 – Discharge; Layoffs; Constructive Discharge; Rejection During Probation
Where employee was laid off after allegedly attending union meeting, but there was no evidence that employer knew of employee's having gone to meeting, there can be no prima facie showing of discrimination by employer in retaliation for exercise of protected conduct; pp. 13-14, proposed dec.