ARTICLE 2. Vacations [19856. - 19858.2.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 2.

in effect

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 19856. Section 19856.

(a) The department shall provide by rule for the regulation and accumulation of vacations for civil service employees and may provide for vacations for such employees who are employed less than full time. The department shall prescribe the methods by which employees leaving the employment of one state agency and entering the employment of another state agency may be compensated for, transfer, or otherwise receive proper credit for their accumulated vacation privileges. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 19856.1. Section 19856.1.

(a) It shall be within the discretion of the department to define the effect of an absence from the payroll of 10 working days or less in any calendar month upon credit for vacation. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 19857. Section 19857.

(a) The appointing power of any officer or employee not a member of the civil service may promulgate regulations governing vacations for these officers or employees. In the absence of these regulations, the rules of the department relating to the regulation and methods of accumulation of vacation for civil service employees shall govern. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), no paid leave including, but not limited to, vacation, annual leave, and sick leave shall be accrued by state officers in the following positions: (1) Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency. (2) Director of the Office of Administrative Law. (3) Director of Emergency Medical Services Authority. (4) Executive Director of the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. (5) Director of the California Conservation Corps. (6) Director of the Arts Council. The department may adopt regulations for the application of this provision to similar positions established in the future.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 19858.1. Section 19858.1.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), following completion of six months of continuous service, for each completed calendar month of service, except as provided in Section 19858.2, each state officer and employee who is employed full time shall receive credit for vacation with pay in accordance with the following schedule: 1 month to 3 years 5 6 day per month 37 months to 10 years 1¼ days per month 121 months to 15 years 1 5 12 days per month 181 months to 24 years 1 7 12 days per month 289 months and over 1 2 3 days per month The computation of credit for the month of January 1964, and each month thereafter, shall be based upon the schedule set forth in this subdivision, except that the rate of vacation credit allowed shall not be reduced for any officer or employee employed prior to January 1, 1964. The time when vacation shall be taken shall be determined by the appointing power of the officer or employee. (b) If the provisions of subdivision (a) are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. (c) Following completion of six months of continuous service, for each completed calendar month of service, except as provided in Section 19858.2, each state officer and employee who is employed full time and is either excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of government who is not a member of the civil service, shall receive credit for vacation in accordance with the following schedule: 1 month to 3 years 7 8 day per month 37 months to 10 years 1 3 8 days per month 121 months to 15 years 1 5 8 days per month 181 months to 20 years 1¾ days per month 241 months to 25 years 1 7 8 days per month 301 months and over 2 days per month The time when vacation shall be taken shall be determined by the appointing power of the officer or employee.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 19858.2. Section 19858.2.

The department may provide by rule for the regulation and accumulation of vacation credits on an hourly basis to conform to the frequency of the pay period for all or certain designated employees. For those employees whose vacation credits are accrued on an hourly basis pursuant to this section, the rate of accrual shall be in substantial proportion to the schedule provided in Section 19858.1.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026