9.1 Employee Relations

Question 1

Who provides advice and assistance to supervisors on matters relating to wages, hours, and other terms of employment for all Departmental employees?

Answer 1

Office of Employee Relations. (HPM 9.1 1-1)

Question 2

What bargaining unit are Sergeants in?

Answer 2

Unit 5. (HPM 9.1 1-4)

Question 3

What are contract interpretations (Cis)?

Answer 3

An in-house communication printed on blue paper and distributed without cover memo to all applicable managers and supervisors. (HPM 9.1 1-5)

Question 4

What is the Dills Act?

Answer 4

A series of Government Code Sections which govern collective bargaining for represented employees.
(HPM 9.1 2-2)

Question 5

What shall the State employer not do to exclude employee organizations?

Answer 5

Interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against supervisory employees because of exercising their rights. (HPM 9.1 2-2)

Question 6

Where can representational rights under the POBR be found?

Answer 6

Hpm 10.2 Internal Investigations Manual.

Question 7

What is a supervisory employee?

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

What is the role of a supervisor?

Answer 8

A supervisor is the primary link between the employee and the upper levels of management.

Question 9

What is a supervisor’s role on the management team?

Answer 9

The supervisor directs the workforce toward accomplishing the Department’s goals and serves as management’s contact with Departmental employees.

Question 10

How many representational units does the Department currently have?

Answer 10

21.

Question 11

A representative must obtain permission from ________________ to engage, during working hours, in business relating to representational manners?

Answer 11

his/her immediate supervisor.

Question 12

When can solicitation for membership at the work place take place?

Answer 12

During non-working hours

Question 13

Can State vehicles be used for transportation by employees or employee organization representatives while participating in representational or employee organizational business?

Answer 13

No.

Question 14

What is the primary consideration when approving request for release time?

Answer 14

The needs of the Command.

Question 15

Can release time be authorized for an employee to leave the work site to meet with an organization representative on representational matters?

Answer 15

No.

Question 16

Reimbursable paid leave of absences may only be granted to whom?

Answer 16

Permanent civil service employees, who are designated representatives, officers or bargaining council members.

Question 17

What level of approval is required prior to utilizing time from the 800 series beat codes?

Answer 17

Supervisory

Question 18

How many levels of the grievance/complaint process are there?

Answer 18

The informal level, Level 1 (Area), Level 2 (Division), Level 3 (Office of the Commissioner), Level 4 (DPA)

Question 19

Most employee grievances/complaints relate to a ____________________?

Answer 19

Supervisor’s action or decision.

Question 20

Where are grievance/complaint records located?

Answer 20

Physically apart from field folders and field subject folders.

Question 21

Grievance records shall be retained in the effected Command levels for a period of ___________ following the date of final action?

Answer 21

3 years.

Question 22

Complaint records shall be retained in the effected Command levels for a period of ___________ following the date of final action?

Answer 22

1 year.

Question 23

Headquarters Central Files shall retain Grievance records for a period of _____ following the date of final action?

Answer 23

5 years

Question 24

Headquarters Central Files shall retain Complaint records for a period of _____ following the date of final action?

Answer 24

3 years.

Question 25

What is arbitration?

Answer 25

A third party settlement of disputes between groups or individuals outside a court of law.

Question 26

What are the two types of arbitration?

Answer 26

Interest Arbitration and Rights/Grievance Arbitration.

Question 27

Can an employee appeal an issue to arbitration on his/her own behalf?

Answer 27

No

Question 28

What is the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)?

Answer 28

PERB is the State agency responsible for enforcing the collective bargaining law covering employees in the State civil service.

Question 29

In removal for cause, what is the definition of cause?

Answer 29

An articulable reason why an employee cannot continue to perform in the specialty pay assignment safely and/or effectively.