(a)
The department shall submit two reports to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the fiscal committees of the Legislature that review the use of additional appointments by state agencies, excluding state universities, for managers and supervisors by November 30, 2013, and for rank and file employees by November 30, 2014. At a minimum, the reports shall specify all of the following:
(1)
The number of additional appointments held by state employees at any time during 2013 who were exempt under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
(2)
The actions the department took to verify whether these additionally appointed employees’ duties
were consistent with their exempt status, if applicable.
(3)
The total number of additional appointments that the department found as a result of its 2013 review, and, of this total, the number of additional appointments that were terminated or are otherwise no longer in use and the reasons for these decisions.
(4)
The number of additional appointments held by state employees whose primary appointment is or was in the same agency as the additional appointment and in the same division of the same agency as the additional appointment.
(5)
For each agency, the number of additional appointments held by its employees, the highest number of hours worked by an employee holding an additional appointment, and the average number of hours worked per month per additional appointee.
(b)
As part of the 2015–16 budget proposal submitted to the Legislature in January 2015, the department shall propose legislation to establish the state’s policy regarding the use of additional appointments.
(c)
The report required under this section shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795.