California Health and Safety Code

§ 101659

HSC § 101659 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 101 · Part 4 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Permanent employees of the medical center on the effective date of affiliation shall be deemed qualified for employment or retention and no other qualifications shall be required. Probationary employees on the effective date of affiliation shall retain their probationary status and rights and shall not be deemed to have transferred so as to require serving a new probationary period.

(b)Employment seniority of an employee of the medical center on the effective date of affiliation shall be counted toward seniority in the authority. The authority shall provide for the maintenance of benefits that accompany seniority, including, but not limited to, preference in vacations and scheduling, when applicable. All time spent in the same, equivalent, or higher classification shall be counted toward classification seniority.

(c)The implementation of this chapter shall not be a cause for the modification of the level of medical center employment benefits. Upon consolidation or affiliation of the medical center with at least one other health care facility, employees who serve or work for the medical center immediately prior to the implementation of this chapter shall retain their existing or equivalent classifications and job descriptions upon transfer to the authority, comparable pension benefits, and at least their existing salaries and other benefits that include, but are not limited to, accrued and unused vacation, sick leave, personal leave, health care, retiree health benefits, and deferred compensation plans.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 686, Sec. 1. (AB 276) Effective January 1, 2013.