State employees: under-represented groups.

Existing law, the State Civil Services Act, requires each state agency to establish an equal opportunity plan which includes, at a minimum, identifying the areas of significant underutilization of specific groups based on race, ethnicity, and gender, within each department and job category level, as provided. This bill would require that each agency, prior to January 1, 2024, and once every 2 years thereafter, establish a plan to recruit, attract, and retain employees identified as belonging to these underutilized groups. The bill would further require that the Department of Human Resources, by January 1, 2024, develop and implement a monitoring and compliance program to address deficiencies, and provide guidance and recommendations. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to administer the Personnel Classification Plan of the State of California including the allocation of every position to the appropriate class in the classification plan. Existing law also requires the department to review and analyze specified existing information, including studies from other jurisdictions, regarding the setting of salaries for jobs that employ a higher proportion of females than males. This bill would further require the department to evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan, and prepare a detailed report, as specified, on gender and ethnicity pay equity in each classification where there is an underrepresentation of women and minorities. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.