California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 1 - Administrative Personnel
Chapter 1 - State Personnel Board
Subchapter 4 - Demonstration Project and Performance Based Budget Pilot Project Rules (Promulgated Under Authority of Government Code Sections 11808, 18701, and 19600)
Article 1 - Demonstration Projects-Department of General Services
Section 549.10 - Appeal from Rejection During Probation; Department of General Services-Career Management Assignment and Career Supervisory Assignment

(a) It is the intent of the Board that the Department of General Services and the employees appointed to Career Management Assignment or Career Supervisory Assignment classes will collaborate on the performance assessment standards to be used to identify and communicate quality of performance.

(b) Employees that are rejected during probation from classes in the Career Management Assignment and Career Supervisory Assignment categories either during the original probationary period or an extension of that probationary period, will be permitted to appeal the rejection only on three grounds:

(c) The decision of the board to modify the action of the appointing power pursuant to this rule shall be taken only if the board determines, after investigation or hearing, that the rejection was made as a result of discrimination, fraud or patronage. In any such proceeding, the rejected employee shall have the burden of proof. Subject to rebuttal by the employee, it shall be presumed that the action was free from discrimination, fraud and patronage and that the statement of reasons in the notice of rejection during probation is true.