Report 2008-103 Recommendation 3 Responses

Report 2008-103: California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board: Its Weak Policies and Practices Could Undermine Employment Opportunity and Lead to the Misuse of State Resources (Release Date: November 2008)

Recommendation #3 To: Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, California

The appeals board should rescind its recently adopted, but legally unenforceable, policy that prohibits hiring a board member into any civil service position at the appeals board for a period of one year from the last day of that individual's term as a board member. Likewise, it should not enforce its new nepotism policy against persons not presently employed by the appeals board. Because both of these policies affect persons outside of the organization, the appeals board should submit new versions of these regulations to the Office of Administrative Law for approval.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From January 2011

The appeals board authorized regulations to implement the "Hiring of a Board Member" policy at its October 13, 2009 meeting. The proposed regulation was submitted to the formal adoption process required under the Government Code and published for public comment on January 1, 2010. The formal regulatory process was completed and the effective date of the newly adopted regulation was June 11, 2010. The new regulation can be found at Title 22, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Section 5400. (See 2010-041 p. 132)

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

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