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As part of their ongoing efforts to increase transparency and accountability, CalPERS has produced its first ever "State of the System" video address.
The State of the System outlines not only the financial health of the CalPERS fund, but also the organization's goals for the coming year and role in pension reform and retiree healthcare.
See the embedded video for the full message, or read this transcript.
The Senate Appropriations Committee held a preliminary hearing on ACSS' anti-compaction bill - SB 216 (Beall) - on April 22nd, and has since placed the bill on a "suspense file".
Though it may sound negative, the action is not unusual, nor is it necessarily a sign that ACSS' bill will face greater hurdles from Appropriations.
Any bill with an estimated cost greater than $150,000 is automatically placed on the Committee's suspense file for a hearing after the Governor's revised budget is presented in mid-May.
Want more photos of Lobby Day?
Chapter 509 member Brian Adams created this nifty slideshow showcasing some of his own photographs from ACSS Lobby Day 2013.
Thanks, Brian!
When Gov. Brown relseased his official Reorganization Plan, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) told its employees they would not be impacted, and that the plan was to move DRE under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) in name only.
However, when implementation began, it quickly became apparent that multiple excluded employees would be impacted.
Your ACSS labor relations team requested a meet and confer with DRE, DCA, and CalHR in order to ensure no excluded employees' rights were being violated, and to prevent further misinformation.
CalHR has published a new guide for supervisors and managers who need to discipline employees who are not performing to their full potential.
CalHR's new Supervisors Guide to Addressing Poor Performance is available online for your review.
The Guide is broken into three key sections:
Preventive Phase
Corrective Phase
Formal Adverse Action Phase
CalHR's new manual is intended for basic guidance only. If you have questions re: employee performance or discpline you should contact your department's HR office.
And as always, if you are the target of discplinary action, you should immediately contact your regional ACSS labor relations representative for a consultation.
CalHR's revised training program has some upcoming free online sessions for state supervisors and managers.
Click the links below for more information and free registration:
May 8th: Performance Management in Practice - Maryland's "StateStat" Lessons Learned
May 15th: From Hierarchies to Networks - Collaborative Leadership for Government
June 26th: For Exceptional Results... Focus on the People
The Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee voted unanimously (5-0) at a hearing on April 8th to pass ACSS' anti-compaction legislation - SB 216 (Beall) - to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
SB 216 seeks to end salary compaction - the phenomenon in which supervisors make less than those they supervise - and maintain a long recommended 10% differential between supervisors and rank and file.
ACSS will be holding regional meetings in April and May to address our anti-compaction bill (SB 216) and the Governor's revised budget.
Regional meetings are a great way to network with your peers and get involved with the fight for better careers for state supervisors and managers.
Check our calendar frequently as we continue adding meeting dates.
Due to a clerical error, ACSS' legislation that would resolve salary compaction - the phenomenon in which state supervisors make less than those they supervise - was filed incorrectly with an old bill's text.
SB 216 (Beall) has now been amended to correct the error.
SB 216 is currently in the Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee and is set for hearing on April 8th.
Your ACSS is working with CDCR to schedule the next Quarterly Labor Meeting in May 2013.
These meetings are an opportunity for ACSS to follow up with CDCR administration on outstanding issues and raise any new concerns our members may have.
If you have any issues or concerns that need to be addressed, please send them to ACSS Senior Labor Relations Representative Nellie Lynn by the end of April.
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