Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

31130.7.1 Maximum Salary Rate

• The hiring authority shall first determine the highest potential salary rate provided for by the DPADepartment of Personnel Administration (see CalHR) Rule 599.677. Upon the hiring authority’s determination that it is in the best interest of the State, a former employee who permissively re-enters State service may receive a salary above the minimum rate, provided that the reinstatement or appointment is:

  • Same Class

    • To the same class. The salary rate shall not exceed the rate in the salary range received at the time of separation adjusted for the salary range changes for the class since separation.

  • Different Class/Same

    • To a different class with substantially the same salary range as that of the class from which separated. The salary rate shall not exceed the rate the employee could receive if reinstated or reappointed to the same class from which separated.

  • Different Class/Lower Salary Range

    • To a different class with a lower salary range than the class from which separated. The employee may receive any rate in the salary range not to exceed the salary rate last received in the class from which separated adjusted for salary range changes of the later class since the separation.