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Statewide Issues
State Civil Service Human Resources Reform
The state's civil service system is a cumbersome and difficult system to administer. For the state's more than 215,000 employees, there are more than 4,000 separate job classifications which are duplicative and generally reflect narrow program or department specific desires to tailor job descriptions. The Department of Personnel Administration administers the civil service compensation program and job classifications. The State Personnel Board is responsible for the merit aspects of civil service, including determining eligibility for appointment into civil service positions and for promotions. The two agencies are working collaboratively to create a comprehensive plan to reform how the state brings new employees into civil service, how they are paid, and how they become eligible for promotion once they are working for the state.
One of the goals of this civil service reform is to shorten the timeframe for hiring so people interested in working for the state will know in a week or two whether or not they qualify for a desired job. Another goal is for state departments to have a continuously updated list of appointment-eligible people they can contact to interview for vacancies. The state is also moving toward a system under which all forms of employee compensation will be reviewed periodically to determine the best way to attract new employees and retain existing employees.
In order to ensure that there are sufficient numbers of qualified people to replace retiring employees, the state will need to provide a salary and benefits package that appeals to the next generation of California workers. The same salary and benefits that attracted the "baby boomers" may not be as attractive to a generation which is more focused on lifetime employability than lifetime employment with a single employer. The traditional lower salary combined with a defined benefit retirement may not entice younger workers to join the state workforce. This civil service reform will standardize the pay scale and attract employees to the state by working to create a competitive and flexible compensation package.
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