(1) Affirmative action and equal employment opportunity (EEO) records, including, but not limited to, policies and procedures, EEO officer's duty statement, and complaint and response records;

(2) Examination records, including, but not limited to, the examination bulletin, examination planning documents and/or forms, job analysis, list of accepted and rejected candidates, all applications received with accepted and rejected notations, minimum qualification verifications, any notices sent to candidates, examination questions, model answer sheets, candidate answer sheets, rating criteria, rating sheets and rater's notes for each candidate;

(3) Merit, selection, and appointment records, including, but not limited to, the duty statement of the position being filled, all job announcements and bulletins, all applications received for the job opening, minimum qualification verifications, all documentation related to the selection instrument(s) or procedures(s) used, records documenting the reasons why the selected candidate was hired for the position, the Request for Personnel Action, the Notice of Personnel Action, probationary reports, loyalty oaths and oaths of office, and history of mandated training. These records also include employee disciplinary records, except the minimum five-year record retention requirement does not apply to specified disciplinary records if Government Code section 19589, a stipulated settlement agreement between the employee and appointing power, or a collective bargaining agreement between the state and a recognized employee organization provides otherwise; and

(4) Records related to established positions that describe the title, series, grade, duties, and responsibilities of the position, regardless of the funding source, and any requests for classification of new positions or reclassification of existing positions.