State civil service: probationary periods.

The California Constitution establishes the state civil service for state employees, with specified exceptions. Existing law requires the State Personnel Board to establish a probationary period for each class of employee in state service, which is generally required to be 6 months, unless the board establishes a longer period not to exceed one year, and requires that the period be served, upon appointment. This bill would recast these provisions to specify that the probationary period commences on the first day that the employee reports to work or begins performing the job duties. The bill would make other conforming and nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.