POLICY

A. Purpose

Berkeley Lab employs persons in one of many different appointment types. Each appointment type has a defined terms and conditions of employment. Career-appointment employees are employed at a fixed percentage of time at 50% or more of full time for an indefinite period.

B. Exceptions

Requests for exceptions that exceed what is allowed under current policy or that are not expressly addressed by current policy are considered exceptions to policy. A request for an exception to policy requires, at minimum, approval by the Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer (CHRO).

C. Persons Affected

• This policy applies to nonrepresented employees in the Career appointment. Employees who are represented by an exclusive bargaining agent should refer to their collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
• This policy does not apply to the following employee classifications: Term, Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellow, Limited, Visiting Researcher, Rehired Retirees, Graduate Student Research Assistant (GSRA), and Student Assistant.

D. Policy Statement

1. A Career appointment means that an employee works a fixed percentage of time at 50% or more of full time (up to 100%) for an indefinite period of time.

2. Other Policies of Interest

   • Terms & Conditions of Employment
   • Employee Performance Evaluations
   • Education and Employee Development Policy
   • Vacation
   • Sick Leave Policy
   • Holiday Policy
   • Work Deferment Policy
   • Reduction in Force

   A Limited-appointment employee shall be designated as a Career-appointment employee when the incumbent has attained 1,000 hours of qualifying service in any 12 consecutive months without a break in service of at least 120 consecutive calendar days. Qualifying service includes all time on pay status in one or more Limited appointments within the University of California system. On-call and overtime hours shall not be included as pay status hours when computing qualifying service. Such Career-appointment designations shall be effective the first of the month following attainment of 1,000 hours of qualifying service.

E. Roles and Responsibilities

F. Definitions/Acronyms

G. Recordkeeping Requirements

The Human Resources Department is responsible for maintaining all employee records.

H. Implementing Documents

I. Contact Information

For more information, employees may contact their division's Human Resources (HR) Center.

Feedback on HR policies or procedures is welcomed. Send comments to hrpolicies@lbl.gov.

J. Revision History

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Source Requirements Documents

Implementing Documents