California Court Employment Selection and Advancement

Section 71640 requires each trial court to establish a trial court employment selection and advancement system which must become the minimum selection and advancement system for all trial court employees and become part of the sole trial court employee personnel system.

In addition, the trial court employment selection and advancement system must replace any county employment selection and advancement systems applying to trial court employees prior to the implementation date as provided in this article, except as otherwise specified. This article establishes minimum standards, and each trial court employment selection and advancement system must conform to the requirements of this article.

Section 71641 requires each trial court to develop personnel rules regarding hiring, promotion, transfer, and classification. Trial courts must meet and confer in good faith with representatives of the recognized employee organizations on those rules that cover matters within the scope of representation.

Section 71642 requires hiring and promotion within a trial court to be done in a nondiscriminatory manner based on job-related factors. Trial court personnel rules must meet three specified minimum standards.

Section 71643 excludes specified positions from the competitive selection and promotion processes, including subordinate judicial officers; managerial positions, temporary, and limited-term positions, and others.

Section 71644 provides that disputes between a trial court and its employees regarding the alleged misapplication, misinterpretation, or violation of the trial court’s rules governing hiring, promotion, transfer, and classification are required to be resolved by binding arbitration.

Section 71645 specifies that it is the employment, selection, and advancement system for all trial court employees within a trial court and is part of the sole trial court employee system, replacing any aspects of county employment, selection, and advancement systems applying to trial court employees prior to the implementation date of this chapter.