Section 19792.5.

(a) In order to permit the public to track upward mobility and the impact of equal opportunities on persons, categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability in state civil service, the department shall annually track, by incremental levels of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the salaries of persons, categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability, in state civil service. For purposes of this subdivision, "upward mobility" means the advancement of persons, categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability, to better paying and higher level positions.

(b) The department shall report salary data collected pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature in its Annual Census of State Employees and Equal Employment Opportunity Report, as required in Section 19793, and shall include in this report information regarding the progress of individuals by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability in attaining high-level positions in state employment. The salary data shall be reported in annual increments of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) by job category, race, ethnicity, gender, and disability in a format easily understandable by the public.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 74. Effective January 1, 2013.)