9.1 Employee Relations Flashcards
Who provides advice and assistance to supervisors on matters relating to wages, hours, and other terms of employment for all Departmental employees?
Office of Employee Relations. (HPM 9.1 1-1)
What bargaining unit are Sergeants in?
Unit 5. (HPM 9.1 1-4)
What are contract interpretations (Cis)?
An in-house communication printed on blue paper and distributed without cover memo to all applicable managers and supervisors. (HPM 9.1 1-5)
What is the Dills Act?
A series of Government Code Sections which govern collective bargaining for represented employees.
(HPM 9.1 2-2)
What shall the State employer not do to exclude employee organizations?
Interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against supervisory employees because of exercising their rights. (HPM 9.1 2-2)
Where can representational rights under the POBR be found?
Hpm 10.2 Internal Investigations Manual.
What is a supervisory employee?
An individual, regardless of their job descriptions or title, having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees.
What is the role of a supervisor?
A supervisor is the primary link between the employee and the upper levels of management.
What is a supervisor’s role on the management team?
The supervisor directs the workforce toward accomplishing the Department’s goals and serves as management’s contact with Departmental employees.
How many representational units does the Department currently have?
21.
A representative must obtain permission from ________________ to engage, during working hours, in business relating to representational manners?
his/her immediate supervisor.
When can solicitation for membership at the work place take place?
During non-working hours
Can State vehicles be used for transportation by employees or employee organization representatives while participating in representational or employee organizational business?
No.
What is the primary consideration when approving request for release time?
The needs of the Command.
Can release time be authorized for an employee to leave the work site to meet with an organization representative on representational matters?
No.
Reimbursable paid leave of absences may only be granted to whom?
Permanent civil service employees, who are designated representatives, officers or bargaining council members.
What level of approval is required prior to utilizing time from the 800 series beat codes?
Supervisory
How many levels of the grievance/complaint process are there?
The informal level, Level 1 (Area), Level 2 (Division), Level 3 (Office of the Commissioner), Level 4 (DPA)
Most employee grievances/complaints relate to a ____________________?
Supervisor’s action or decision.
Where are grievance/complaint records located?
Physically apart from field folders and field subject folders.
Grievance records shall be retained in the effected Command levels for a period of ___________ following the date of final action?
3 years.
Complaint records shall be retained in the effected Command levels for a period of ___________ following the date of final action?
1 year.
Headquarters Central Files shall retain Grievance records for a period of _____ following the date of final action?
5 years
Headquarters Central Files shall retain Complaint records for a period of _____ following the date of final action?
3 years.
What is arbitration?
A third party settlement of disputes between groups or individuals outside a court of law.
What are the two types of arbitration?
Interest Arbitration and Rights/Grievance Arbitration.
Can an employee appeal an issue to arbitration on his/her own behalf?
No
What is the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)?
PERB is the State agency responsible for enforcing the collective bargaining law covering employees in the State civil service.
In removal for cause, what is the definition of cause?
An articulable reason why an employee cannot continue to perform in the specialty pay assignment safely and/or effectively.
