*AMENDED:  December 29, 1994*

State of California

MEMORANDUM


                                                   DATE:  December 16, 1994
TO:       PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT LIAISONS  REFERENCE CODE:  94-66
                                                        
          THIS MEMORANDUM SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO:

                Personnel Officers
                SROA Coordinators
                Workers' Compensation and Return to Work Coordinators


FROM:     Department of Personnel Administration
          Classification and Compensation Division


SUBJECT:  State Restriction of Appointments (SROA) Process to Facilitate 
Placing Industrial Disability Retirement (IDR) for California Youth Authority, 
Department of Corrections, and Department of Mental Health, and Injured State 
Workers' Assistance Program (ISWAP) Employees (All State Departments)


It is the Department of Personnel Administration's (DPA) policy to do 
everything possi- ble to assist qualified injured workers in returning to 
meaningful work.  The use of the SROA mechanism already in place will 
accomplish this and will enable us to avoid the creation of yet another new 
system for departments to deal with.  There are two distinct programs for 
injured State workers that are addressed in this memorandum:  IDR and ISWAP.  


INDUSTRIAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT

California Youth Authority, Department of Corrections, and Department of 
Mental Health

The IDR rules are fully explained in PML 94-15, and apply to employees in 
Bargaining Units 1, 4, 15, 18 and 20 only.  Pursuant to Government Code 
Sections 19876.5, 20038.5, 21021.5, 21020.6, 21292.4 and Labor Code Section 
139.5(g), an employee who suffers a qualifying industrial injury or illness 
and who is permanently unable to perform the duties of his/her current 
position is eligible to participate in this program.  The injured employee's 
name will be placed on as many SROA lists as deemed appropriate when it is 
determined that the medical condition is permanent and stationary, and the 
employee is unable to return to his/her regular job.  The names may remain 
on the SROA list for up to one year.  These employees will be given hiring 
preference over everyone except mandatory reinstatements.  When a 
certification is ordered, the IDR employees' names will appear at the top of 
the SROA list and will be flagged.  The participants in this program will not 
have the option of waiving job offers.  If a job offer is not accepted, the 
IDR benefits will be terminated effective the date the job offer is made.   
It is anticipated that there will be approximately 20 employees in this 
program annually.  


INJURED STATE WORKER PLACEMENT

All State Departments

The ISWAP program is intended to identify employees who are injured and need 
to be placed. An employee's name may be placed on a SROA list for up to one 
year.  The injured employee's name will be paced on as many SROA lists as 
deemed appropriate when it is determined that the medical condition is 
permanent and stationary, and the employee is unable to return to his/her 
regular job.*  When a certification is ordered to fill a position, the ISWAP 
employees will appear along with the SROA and IDR names.  The ISWAP employees 
will not receive preferential hiring consideration.  Appointing powers should, 
however, give consideration to them when making appointments.  ISWAP names 
will appear at the bottom of the SROA list.  


HOW TO PLACE NAMES ON SROA LISTS

When your department has an employee who is to be included in either the IDR 
or ISWAP programs, you must submit the following information:

          Name
          Social Security Number
          Home Address
          Telephone Number
          Primary Class
          Appropriate Lists

Identify the employee as IDR.  Incomplete information will result in 
processing delays.  This should be sent to DPA's Workers' Compensation and 
Safety Program Division (attention: Sondra Cooper).

For ISWAP, send the list with same information to Vickie Cooley, 
Classification and Compensation Division.


EFFECTIVE DATE

This system was effective December 1, 1994.


If you have any questions concerning placement of names on SROA lists, 
please call Vickie Cooley at (916) 324-0450.  If you have questions 
concerning the IDR or ISWAP programs, please call Sondra Cooper at 
(916) 327-1839.





Mike Vargas
SROA Unit Manager