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ACSS has been fighting for holiday pay equity for state supervisors, managers, and confidential employees since the inequity was created in 2010.
In 2010 the rank and file union MOUs established "premium holidays." Because these premium holidays are only in the MOUs and not statute, excluded employees do not receive the additional compensation awarded to the employees they supervise.
Though ACSS has requested that CalHR correct this inequity on multiple occasions since 2010, to date the agency responsible for properly compensating the state's most dedicated and skilled workers has failed to do so. As part of our continuing mission to correct salary compaction and pay inquity, ACSS again requested that CalHR correct this inequity in July 2013. CalHR has yet to implement a fix for this problem.
Have you been impacted by the premium holiday pay gap? Share your story with ACSS Senior Labor Relations Representative Nellie D. Lynn at nlynn@calcsea.org so she can relay it to CalHR as we prepare to meet again on this important issue.
Meet one of the five winners of our Kindle tablet computer sweepstakes, Victor Wells.
Mr. Wells (seen at left receiving his Kindle from ACSS Chapter 511 President Maria Suarez) is a Corporation Examiner IV with the newly formed Department of Business Oversight (formerly the Department of Corporations.)
Victor is a 10-year veteran of state service and only recently promoted to a supervisory position. As a new supervisor, Victor said he "knew it was important to have the protection and access to representational services that ACSS provides."
Mr. Wells said his mind was made up to join when he discovered that his ACSS membership fees are far less than his union dues were.
Now Victor not only has protection during any rough patches that may arise during his career, he's also now the proud owner of a brand new 7" Kindle Fire HD tablet computer.
Congrats, Victor!
Stay tuned to see the other winners of our sweepstakes in the coming weeks.
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It's a moment we hope to never have to deal with in our careers - sitting in a witness stand and fighting against an injustice committed by our employer.
The reality is that a violation of your rights could happen at any time and ACSS members have the right to professional representation on matters like rejection on probation, EEO investigations, out-of-class grievances, and much more.
As CDCR prepares for Wave 4 of its layoff plan, it will be offering a series of informational meetings for potentially impacted employees.
Affected employees should have received SROA letters no later than September 13th.
Additional information is available at CDCR's Layoff Resources page.
Meet one of the five winners of our Kindle tablet computer sweepstakes, Francine Davies.
Ms. Davies is a Staff Services Manager I with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Though she has a great relationship with her current boss, Francine had been thinking about joining ACSS for a while to take advantage of great benefits like Purchasing Power.
Francine told us that she "figured it couldn't hurt to join" during the sweepstakes. Looks like she was right, because she's now the proud owner of a brand new 7" Kindle Fire HD tablet computer.
Congrats, Francine!
Stay tuned to see the other four winners of our sweepstakes in the coming weeks.
In a bid to retain federal funding for California's transit systems, Gov. Brown is expected to soon sign an emergency bill to exempt state transit workers from his pension reform program.
Assembly Bill 1222, authored by Assemblymembers Roger Dickinson (D-Sacramento) and Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica), will exempt mass transit workers from Gov. Brown's California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). If the Legislature and Governor fail to pass AB 1222, California stands to lose $1.6 billion in federal grant funding for 2013 alone.
Due to the time-sensitive nature of the situation AB 1222 has been introduced as an "urgency" measure. AB 1222 needs two-thirds support in the Assembly and Senate, as well as Gov. Brown's signature, to take effect immediately.
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The Senate Rules Committee has officially confirmed Governor Brown's appointee Marybel Batjer (above left) as the head of the newly created Government Operations Agency (CalGovOps).
CalGovOps, created as part of Gov. Brown's government reorganization project, will oversee 8 departments, including CalPERS, DGS, the Department of Technology, and CalHR.
During the confirmation hearing, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) asked Secretary Batjer how she intended to keep California competitive and to bring in skilled workers in light of the looming increase in retirements.
Ms. Batjer responded that she would be working closely with CalHR's newly developed Workforce Planning Unit to determine how to make state employment more desirable to "twenty-somethings" by, among other things, investigating alternatives to "sitting in an office for 8 hours a day."
Now that her confirmation is official, ACSS will be meeting with Secretary Batjer to discuss the crucial role that salary compaction plays in the State's difficulty in recruiting and retaining skilled supervisors, managers, and confidential employees.
In order to address several pressing issues reported by our members, your ACSS has implemented quarterly meetings with California Correctional Health Care Service (CCHCS).
The first meeting will most likely be set for the second or third week of September and will primarily address issues with Supervising Registered Nurse (SRN) scheduling, including:
If you have encountered issues with SRN scheduling at your institution, please forward the specifics immediately to ACSS Senior Labor Relations Representative Nellie D. Lynn at nlynn@calcsea.org
After passing through the Senate with nearly unanimous bipartisan support, ACSS' anti-compaction bill - SB 216 - is currently in the “suspense” file in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. This is standard procedure for bills that have a cost associated with them; however, ACSS Executive Director Rocco Paternoster notes that SB 216 is not without opposition:
"[SB 216] is facing strong opposition from the Department of Finance (as directed by the Governor). ACSS continues to aggressively press the importance of resolving salary compaction with the legislature; CalHR; the Governor’s Office and will be discussing the matter with Marybel Batjer who is up for confirmation as the Secretary of the California Government Operations Agency this Wednesday."
Mr. Paternoster continues, regarding SB 216's future:
"SB 216 is a two-year bill and is viable up to July 2014. ACSS will continue to advocate passage and signing of this bill but will also continue to advocate at all levels so that the issue of compaction is fully understood and rectified."
CalPERS is quietly creating jobs and heavily investing in the future of California, a new report shows.
The 2011-12 annual report shows that CalPERS invested more than $20 billion dollars in California during that time period. Those investments have "supported or created" nearly 1.5 million jobs for Californians.
For more detail, see the full report.
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