HPM 10.8 JOB ACTION CONTINGENCY PLANNING MANUAL Flashcards
Job actions such as slowdowns, sick-outs, strikes, enforcement speedups, or reduced attendance are:
Incompatible with the Department
In the event of a job action, who must be notified, in what time frame, and what must the notification include?
The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) must be notified daily of the who, what where, when, and why of the situation.
In the event of a job action, who handles all news-related releases?
The Office of Public Affairs, as coordinated with Office of the Commissioner and the Office of Employee Relations.
What documentation is required in the event of a Departmental labor strife?
Daily record of chronological events associated with the labor dispute.
Who determines the course of action to be taken against employees who choose to participate in a strike?
The Office of the Commissioner in conjunction with the Office of Employee Relations (OER) and the Department of Personnel Administration.
An employee is participating in a sick out, after being ordered to provide medical verification, the employee is ordered back to work. Can the employee be ordered to submit to medical exam, who pays for the exam, and does the employee have the right to refuse based upon religious grounds?
Yes, the employee can be ordered to submit to a medical exam, the Department must pay for the exam, and the employee does not have the right to refuse based on religious grounds.
If an employee claims he/she is too sick to travel:
The Department may order the employee to be transported by ambulance, at the State’s expense, to a doctor of the State’s choice for examination.
Upon suspicions of a slowdown action, the Commander shall:
Make appraisal of the situation, notify Division, call on-duty personnel into the office in attempt to convince them to perform their full duties.
A group employees are believed to be writing questionable enforcement documents for the purpose of an enforcement speedup type of job action. As the supervisor, what are you required to do?
Question each Officer as to why he/she took the action, and if inappropriate action was made deliberately, interrogate him/her as per HPM 10.2.
A small group of employees, are picketing on the sidewalk outside an area office. What action must a supervisor take?
Obtain information about the pickets, notify the next level of command, and document the details.
