Section 19786 Of Article 4. Reinstatement After Military Service From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 11. >> Article 4.
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. (a) When a civil service employee has been reinstated after
military service in accordance with Section 19780, and any question
arises relative to his or her ability or inability for any reason
arising out of the military service to perform the duties of the
position to which he or she has been reinstated, the board shall,
upon the request of the appointing power or of the employee, hear the
matter and may on its own motion or at the request of either party
take any and all necessary testimony of every nature necessary to a
decision on the question.
(b) If the board finds that the employee is not able for any
reason arising out of the military service to carry out the usual
duties of the position he or she then holds, it shall order the
employee placed in a position in which the board finds he or she is
capable of performing the duties in the same class or a comparable
class in the same or any other state department, bureau, board,
commission, or office under this part and the rules covering transfer
of an employee from a position under the jurisdiction of one
appointing power to a position under the jurisdiction of another
appointing power, without the consent of the appointing powers, where
a vacancy may be made available to him or her under this part and
the rules, but in no event shall the transfer constitute a promotion
within the meaning of this part and the rules.
(c) If a layoff is made necessary to place a civil service
employee in a position in the same class or a comparable class in
accordance with this section, the layoff shall be made under Section
19997.3, provided that no civil service employee who was employed
prior to September 16, 1940, shall be laid off as a result of the
placing of an employee in the same class or a comparable class under
this section.
(d) The board may order the civil service employee reinstated to
the department, bureau, board, commission, or office from which he or
she was transferred either upon request of the employee or the
appointing power from which transferred. The reinstatement may be
made after a hearing as provided in this section if the board finds
that the employee is at the time of the hearing able to perform the
duties of the position.