Human Resources Academy II for Community College Districts

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS

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S ECTION 1 Hiring and Retaining Employees with Criminal Records..............................................................................................8 A. Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................8 B. Defining Terms .............................................................................................................................................10 1. Sex Offenses ..........................................................................................................................................10 2. Drug Offenses ........................................................................................................................................11 C. Academic Employees ....................................................................................................................................11 1. Conviction of Sex Offenses or Controlled Substance Offenses .............................................................11 2. Compulsory Leave of Absence upon Being Charged with Sex or Controlled Substance Offense ..................................................................................................................................12 3. Access to Criminal Records ...................................................................................................................12 4. Employment of Sexual Psychopaths ......................................................................................................13 D. Classified Employees ....................................................................................................................................13 1. Conviction of Sex Offenses or Controlled Substance Offenses .............................................................13 2. Employment of Sexual Psychopaths ......................................................................................................14 3. Access to Criminal Records ...................................................................................................................14 4. Compulsory Leave of Absence upon Being Charged with Sex or Controlled Substance Offense—Merit Districts.......................................................................................................14 E. Student Employees—87406.5 .......................................................................................................................15 S ECTION 2 Employment of Temporary Faculty Members.............................................................................................................15 A. Employment of Academic Employees in Categorically Funded Projects .....................................................15 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................15 2. Length of Employment ..........................................................................................................................16 3. Advancement Toward Tenure ................................................................................................................16 4. Contract Employees Reassigned to Categorical Programs.....................................................................16 5. Educational Administrators....................................................................................................................16 B. Employment of Adjunct Faculty ...................................................................................................................17 1. Overview................................................................................................................................................17 2. Limitations on the Number of Adjuncts.................................................................................................17 3. Classification of Adjuncts ......................................................................................................................17 4. Calculating the “67 Percent Threshold” for Adjunct Employment ........................................................20 5. When Adjunct Hours May Advance an Employee Toward Tenure .......................................................22 6. Other Relevant Education Code Statutes ...............................................................................................22 7. Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements ........................................................................................23 S ECTION 3 Leaves for Academic Employees ................................................................................................................................23 A. Industrial Injury Leave—87787 ....................................................................................................................23 B. Family Sick Leave and Personal Necessity Leave ........................................................................................25 1. California’s Paid Sick Leave Law..........................................................................................................25 2. Family Sick Leave (“Kin Care”) ............................................................................................................25 3. Education Code Section 87784 ..............................................................................................................26 4. Differential Pay ......................................................................................................................................27 5. Parental Leave ........................................................................................................................................27 C. Sabbatical Leave ...........................................................................................................................................28 1. Purpose of Leave....................................................................................................................................28 2. Permissible Length of Leave ..................................................................................................................28 3. Employee Eligibility for Leave ..............................................................................................................28 4. Compensation During Sabbatical Leave ................................................................................................28

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