10.8 Job Action Contingency Planning

Question 1

What are examples of job actions?

Answer 1

Work slowdowns, sick-outs, strikes, enforcement speed-ups, or reduced attendance.

Question 2

Departmental response to allied law enforcement agency job actions is governed by Highway Patrol Manual __________________.

Answer 2

Highway Patrol Manual (HPM) 50.1, Emergency Incident Management Planning and Operations Manual

Question 3

Use of a state facility for employee meetings _________ be allowed consistent with the guidelines in HPM 9.1, Employee Relations Manual, Chapter 5, General Employee Relations Guidelines

Answer 3

SHOULD

Question 4

Outward Acts. If an employee fails to notify the Department they are striking, and fails to report for duty, they will be considered_________________

Answer 4

Absent without leave (AWOL)

Question 5

A “sick-out” is an organized effort to temporarily withhold services under the pretext of illness of the employee or a family member to effect a________________________________

Answer 5

change in terms and conditions of employment.

Question 6

The supervisor __________ advise the employee if they cannot support their alleged illness/injury by a reasonably prompt certification of their physician (employee’s expense) that they are to return to work.

Answer 6

SHALL

Question 7

If an employee fails to notify the Department they are striking, and fails to report for duty, they will be considered what?

Answer 7

absent without leave (AWOL) (HPM 10.8, Pg 2-4)

Question 8

SICK OUT: The supervisor should/should not/shall/shall not advise the employee if they cannot support their alleged illness/injury by a reasonably prompt certification of their physician (employee’s expense) that they are to return to work.

Answer 8

shall (HPM 10.8, Pg 3-3)

Question 9

SUPERVISORY INTERROGATIONS: The employee’s comments relative to reasons for any admitted slowdown or excuses for lack of activity should/should not/shall/shall not be recorded in a question and answer form on tape, and summarized in a memorandum.

Answer 9

should (HPM 10.8, Pg 4-3)

Question 10

ENFORCEMENT SPEED-UPS - Officer Explanation: Supervisors should ask every officer who has issued questionable enforcement documents why they took the action. TRUE or FALSE

Answer 10

False, it’s a shall (HPM 10.8, Pg 5-3)

Question 11

JOB ACTION CONTINGENCY PLANNING - Area/Division Planning: Last Resort. The use of allied agencies should only be considered as a last resort and only after approval of the __________. A) Area Commander B) Division Chief C) Office of Assistant Commissioner or D) Office of the Commissioner

Answer 11

D) Office of the Commissioner (HPM 10.8, Pg 7-6)

Question 12

What happens if the employee states they are too sick to travel or refuses to see their medical provider?

Answer 12

The Assistant Commissioner may order an ambulance to take them to a doctor of the state’s choice or have the doctor make a house call.

Question 13

What is it called when employees are overly strict and take excessive enforcement actions to draw the public’s attention to an employment issue?

Answer 13

An “Enforcement Speedup”

Question 14

Is picketing a constitutionally protected right?

Answer 14

YES

Question 15

What do commands do if they discover picketing or plans to picket?

Answer 15

Gather intelligence without violating rights and forward it to Division. Nothing else unless directed.

Question 16

Ideally, who will fill the void during a strike?

Answer 16

Confidential employees, supervisors, and managers