(a) Permanent employees who voluntarily reduce their worktime shall, upon request, be given first priority for returning to a full-time work schedule to the extent that such full-time work is available. Such permanent employees shall return to full-time employment at the request of the appointing authority pursuant to regulations adopted by the department which shall define the conditions under which such a request by the appointing authority is appropriate and provide a reasonable grace period for allowing an employee to make the necessary personal arrangements for returning to full-time employment.

(b) If a layoff becomes unavoidable, persons employed on a reduced worktime basis shall not routinely be subject to the layoff ahead of full-time employees. These employees shall be subject to the same seniority and other similar considerations as full-time employees in determining the order of layoffs.

Terms Used In California Government Code 19996.24

  • Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Reduced worktime: as used in this article , means employment of less than 40 hours of work per week, and includes arrangements involving job sharing, four-, five-, or six-hour workdays, jobs which provide eight hours of employment or less for one, two, three, four or five days per week, and such other arrangements which the department finds consistent with maximum employment opportunity to employees desiring other than a standard worktime. See California Government Code 19996.20

(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 230, Sec. 55.)

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