California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 5 - State and Federal Grant-in-Aid Program Merit Systems
Chapter 2 - Department Administered Interagency Merit System for Program Employees
Section 17034 - Certification of Qualified Candidates and Appointment to Program Positions

(a) At the conclusion of the selection process, the Department shall provide to the Local Agency a list of applicants and the scores each applicant achieved in the selection process for the Program position. The Local Agency shall follow its Personnel System to certify the appropriate number of names for consideration for appointment and to finalize the appointment.

(b) Appointment procedures for Program employees shall be conducted by the Local Agency in the same manner as for other Local Agency employees.

(c) If Local Agency employees are required to serve probationary periods, the Local Agency shall require and administer probationary periods for Program employees in the same manner. If a Local Agency is authorized to reject an employee while the employee is on probation, Program employees may be rejected for the same reasons and in the same manner as for other employees. The Program employee may appeal that rejection to the Department. The appeal must be in writing and filed within 30 calendar days of the date on which the rejection became effective. The appeal does not delay the effective date of the rejection on probation.

(d) The rights of the parties to an appeal under this section shall be in accordance with section 17045(b) through (g) of these regulations except that the appellant has the burden to show by a preponderance of the evidence that the rejection during probation was done in bad faith.