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15.4 Hardship Transfer
The State and PECG recognize the importance of hardship transfers as a way of dealing with work and family issues. An employee experiencing a verifiable hardship, including but not limited to domestic violence; mandatory job transfer of a spouse or domestic partner; or family illness, injury, death, serious health condition, or other important consideration; may request a transfer to another geographic area to mitigate the hardship.
The State shall endeavor to reassign the employee to a comparable or lesser (if comparable is not available) position in the requested geographic area. If the employee accepts the position of a lower paid classification, the State shall endeavor to reinstate the employee to their former classification and comparable salary level. Reasons for the inability to grant the transfer shall be provided in writing.
Transfers under this section shall be considered voluntary and any associated relocation costs shall be subject to the applicable CalHR laws and rules.
The parties agree that disputes under this section are grievable through Step 4 (CalHR) and are not arbitrable.