Who does what - State Personnel Board and DPA

California State government's personnel functions are split between the Department of Personnel Administration and the State Personnel Board (SPB) as shown below.

Personnel functions by department

• Adjustment of Seniority-Based Layoff - SPB
• Administrative Time Off - DPA
• Adverse Actions (Hearings) - SPB
• Affirmative Action - SPB
• Allocation Guidelines - DPA
• Alternate Compensation - DPA
• Alternate Salary Ranges (After Labor Relations has approved)
  • Changes to or Adding Classes to Existing - DPA
  • Interpretation of all Other Alternate Ranges - DPA
  • Interpretation of "Deep Class" Alternate Ranges - SPB
  • New Ranges - DPA
• Annual Leave - DPA
• Annual Leave Policy - DPA
• Appeals
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - SPB
  • Adverse Action - SPB
  • Appointment (Acquisition or Retention) - SPB
  • AWOL Separation - DPA
  • AWOL Separation (Units 6 and 18) - DPA
  • Discrimination - SPB
  • Examination - SPB
  • Involuntary Transfer (Same Class) - DPA
  • Layoff - DPA
  • Medical Issues - SPB
  • Managerial Bonus - DPA
  • Merit Issues - SPB
  • Merit Salary Adjustments (MSA) - DPA
  • MSA (Non-Represented Employees) - DPA
  • Military Points and Seniority Scores - DPA
  • Out-of-Class - DPA
  • Probation, Rejection During - SPB
  • Psychological Testing - SPB
  • Reasonable Accommodation - SPB
  • Salary Rate - DPA
  • Voluntary Resignation - DPA
• Application for Examination (Contact: Exam Unit) - SPB
• Appointments
  • Backdates (Classification Decision) - DPA
  • Backdates (Eligibility) - SPB
  • Emergency - SPB
  • Illegal - SPB
  • Intermittent - SPB
  • Limited Term - SPB
  • Salary Rate - DPA
  • Temporary Authorization (TAU) - SPB
• Appropriate Eligible Lists - SPB
• Apprenticeship
  • Agreements - DPA
  • Classifications - DPA
• Arbitration - DPA
• Audit Unit , DPA; Quality Assurance Unit, SPB - SPB and DPA
• Awards - DPA
• Benefits (General) - DPA
• Bereavement Leave - DPA
• Bilingual Pay - DPA
• Bilingual Services Act - SPB
• Bilingual Testing Policy - SPB
• Bonus Pay - DPA
• Breaks - DPA
• California Citizens Compensation Commission - DPA
• Call Back Time - DPA
• Career Credits (In Promotional Examinations) - SPB
• Catastrophic Leave (Non-Represented Employees) - DPA
• Catastrophic Leave (Represented Employees) - DPA
• CEA
  • Change in Level - DPA
  • Examinations - SPB
  • New - SPB and DPA
  • Red Circle Rates - DPA
  • Refill of Position - DPA
  • Return Rights (Regular) - SPB
  • Return Rights (Improved) - SPB
  • Salary Cap - DPA
  • Salary Flat Rate - DPA
• Certification (Eligible Lists) - SPB
• Civil Service Reform - SPB and DPA
• Classification and Pay Guide - DPA
• Classifications
  • Abolishment of - DPA
  • New - SPB and DPA
  • Revisions to - DPA
• Collective Bargaining Agreements - DPA
• Common Carrier Insurance - DPA
• Comparable Civil Service Class - DPA
• Compensating Time Off - DPA
• Compensation Adjustment Program (CAP) - DPA
• Compensatory Time Off - DPA
• Conditions of Work - DPA
• COBRA - DPA
• Cost of Living Increase - DPA
• Decertification Petition - DPA
• Deep Classes
  • Alternate Range Criteria (Establishment) - DPA
  • Movement Through Ranges (Minimum Qualifications, Status, Appts) - SPB
  • Minimum Qualifications, Status, Appointments - SPB
• Deferred Compensation Program - DPA
• Demonstration Project - SPB
• Dental Program - DPA
• Disability Insurance (Long Term) - DPA
• Disabled Employment Programs - SPB
• Disciplinary Process - SPB
• Discrimination Complaints - SPB
• DPA Law Booklet - DPA
• Drug Testing
  • Of Applicants - DPA
  • Of Employees - DPA
• Early Retirement - DPA
• Eligible Lists - SPB
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - DPA
• Employee Handbook - DPA
• Employment History - DPA
• Employment Lists - SPB
• Examinations (Servicewide),
  • Administration - SPB
  • Consultation - SPB
  • Servicewide - SPB
• Exempt Program - DPA
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - DPA
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - DPA
• Flexible Benefits - DPA
• Golden Handshake - DPA
• Grievances (Fourth Level) - DPA
• Hiring Above Minimum (HAM)
  • Extraordinary Qualifications - DPA
  • Recruitment (New) - DPA
• History Cards - DPA
• Holidays - DPA
• Hours of Work - DPA
• Human Resource Planning - DPA
• Incompatible Activities - DPA
• Industrial Disability Leave (IDL) - DPA
• Industrial Disability Retirement (Government Code 21021.5) - DPA
• Informal Time Off (ITO) - DPA
• Injured State Worker Assistance Program - DPA
• Insurance Programs (Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, and other) - DPA
• Intergovernmental Exchanges - SPB
• Jury Duty - DPA
• Language Services Survey - SPB
• Lateral Transfers - SPB
• Laws
  • SPB ("Law Governing the California State Civil Service Merit System") - SPB
  • DPA ("Law Governing California State Personnel Administration") - DPA
• Layoffs
  • General Information, Demotion Charts - DPA
  • Merit Issues (AB 3001) - SPB
  • Appeals - DPA
  • Seniority Credits and Military Points - DPA
• Limited Examination and Appointment Program (LEAP) - SPB
• Leaves (All types); Non-Represented and Represented Employees - DPA
• Legal Insurance - DPA
• Legislation - SPB and DPA
• Life Insurance - DPA
• Litigation - SPB and DPA
• Management/Supervisory Relations - DPA
• Management Tenure
• Maternity Leave - DPA
• Medical Examinations for New Hires - SPB
• Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) - DPA
• Merit Awards - DPA
• Merit Salary Adjustments (MSA) - DPA
• Military Leave - DPA
• Military Points (for Layoff) - DPA
• Minimum Qualifications - SPB and DPA
• Modified Classification Review (MCR) - DPA
• Moving Expenses - DPA
• MSA Appeals - DPA
• MSA Appeals (Non-Represented Employees) - DPA
• Negotiations - DPA
• Nepotism - DPA
• New Program Consultants - SPB and DPA
• Next Step Program (Partial Disability Retirement Program) - DPA
• Non-Industrial Disability Leave (NDI) - DPA
• Non-Represented Employees - DPA
• Organizational Structure of Departments - DPA
• Out of Class
  • Assignments, Appeals, Decisions (by MOU), Negotiations, Grievances, Complaints - DPA
  • Decisions (by MOU) - DPA
  • In Meeting Minimum Qualifications - SPB
• Overtime - DPA
• Parental Leave - DPA
• Part-Time, Seasonal, and Temporary (PST) Workers Retirement Program - DPA
• Partial Service Retirement - DPA
• Pay Differentials
  • General - DPA
  • Specific Study - DPA
• Pay for Performance - DPA
• Pay Letters
  • Exempt - DPA
  • Section I, Section II - DPA
• Pay Scales (Civil Service and Exempt) - DPA
• Per Diem - DPA
• Performance Appraisals and Reports - DPA
• Performance Based Pay - DPA
• Personal Leave Cash Out - DPA
• Personal Leave Program (PLP) - DPA
• Personal Services Contracts - SPB
• Personnel Management Liaisons (PML) - DPA
• Position Allocation - DPA
• Precedential Decision - SPB
• Premium Pay - DPA
• Pre-Qualified Consultants - DPA
• Probationary Periods - SPB
• Probationary Reports - DPA
• Promotions - SPB
• Publications (DPA) - DPA
• Psychological Screening - SPB
• Reasonable Accommodation - SPB
• Recruitment - SPB
• Red Circle CEAs - DPA
• Red Circle Salary Rates - DPA
• Reduced Work Time - DPA
• Reemployment Lists
  • Certification of - SPB
  • Establishment of - DPA
• Refusal to Examine or Certify - SPB
• Regulations (CA Code of Regulations, Title 2, Division 1, PB (Chapter 1)/PERS (Chapter 2)/DPA (Chapter 3) content interpretation - SPB and DPA
• Reinstatements
  • For Verification by Department PO - DPA
  • Laws/Regulations (Mandatory, Permissive) - SPB
• Relocation Expenses - DPA
• Reorganization of Staff - DPA
• Resolutions: Examinations, Salary Comparison (Deep Classes) Status - SPB and DPA
• Rest Periods - DPA
• Retired Annuitant - DPA
• Retirement
  • Early/Partial - DPA
  • Part-Time, Seasonal, and Temporary Workers (PST) - DPA
  • Partial Disability Retirement Prog/NextStep Prog - DPA
  • Peace Officer/Firefighter - DPA
  • Safety Retirement - DPA
  • Second/Two Tier - DPA
• Return to Work Rights - DPA
• Safety Program - DPA
• Safety (Working Conditions) - DPA
• Salary
  • Adjustment, On Appointment, Determination Questions, - DPA
  • Differential, History Cards
  • new classes, realignment studies - DPA
  • setting (negotiations), surveys - DPA
• Savings Plus Program - DPA
• Selection Analyst Certification Program - SPB
• Selection (Examination) Manual - SPB
• Seniority Credits - DPA
• Separations - Involuntary (AWOL) - SPB and DPA
• Service Award - DPA
• Service Credits - DPA
• Severance Petitions - DPA
• Sexual Harassment - SPB
• Sick Leave - DPA
• Smoking Policies - DPA
• SPB Laws (For Interpretation of Content) - SPB
• Specification, Class or Series
  • Interpreting Class Concepts - DPA
  • Interpreting Minimum Qualifications - SPB
  • Requests for Copies of - SPB
  • Revisions to - DPA
• Special Consultants - SPB and DPA
• Special In-Grade Salary Adjustments (SISA) - DPA
• Special Salary Adjustments - DPA
• Stand-by Time - DPA
• State-Owned Housing - DPA
• State Restriction of Appointment (SROA) - DPA
• State Service Verification - DPA
• Strategic Planning - DPA
  • Consulting - DPA
  • Training
• Subsistence Allowance for Excluded Employees - DPA
• Temporary Assignments
  • Compelling Management Need - SPB and DPA
  • Injured Employees - SPB
  • Interjurisdictional Exchange - SPB
  • Training and Development - SPB
• Temporary Disability Leave - DPA
• Temporary Loan of Employee - SPB
• Training
  • Chairing Oral Exams - SPB
  • Contracts (MOUs and Collective Bargaining Agreements Only) - DPA
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO Counselor, Sexual Harassment Prevention) - SPB
  • Personnel Management (IPA, CEA Return Rights, Permissive Reinstatement and Transfers) - SPB
• Selection Management (Chairing Interview Exams, Exam Planning, Pass Point Setting) - SPB
  • SPB Technical Training - SPB
  • Supervisory, Managerial, and Professional Skills (95 courses) - DPA
• Training and Development Assignments - SPB
• Transfers
  • Between Classes and Appointing Powers - SPB
  • Of Functions per Government Code 19050.9 - SPB
  • Other Transfers - DPA
• Transportation Incentives - DPA
• Travel Allowance - DPA
• Unfair Labor Practice Charges - DPA
• Uniforms - DPA
• Unpaid Leave - DPA
• Unit Modification Petition - DPA
• Upward Mobility - SPB
• Vacations - DPA
• Vacation Buy Back Program - DPA
• Variable Work Hours - DPA
• Veterans Preference Filing - SPB
• Veterans Preference Policy - SPB
• Vision Care Program - DPA
• Voluntary Personal Leave Program - DPA
• Wellness Program - DPA
• Withhold from Certification (Employment Lists) - SPB
• Work Week Groups
  • Authorizing Changes to Rank and File - DPA
  • Implementing Changes to Rank and File - DPA
  • New or Excluded Classes - DPA
  • Special Allocations (Authorizing) - DPA
  • Special Allocations (Implementing) - DPA
• Working Conditions - DPA
• Workers' Compensation and Safety Program - DPA
• W-2 Form - PST Retirement - DPA

Updated December 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM.