State employment: applications.

Existing law requires every applicant for examination for state employment to file an application with the Department of Human Resources or an appointing power designated by the department. This bill would, commencing on July 1, 2017, require the department or the designated appointing power, whenever it receives an application for examination that was filed online, to provide the electronic communication address of the department or the designated appointing power to the applicant, to contact the applicant using electronic communication instead of postal mail, unless the applicant specifically requests otherwise, and to inform the applicant that he or she be provided with employment inquiry notifications and his or score and rank on the examination using electronic communication unless the applicant specifically requests to be notified using postal mail. The bill would also make related nonsubstantive changes.