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- Dates: Oct. 15-18, 2010
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Nov
18
Written by:
ACSS Communications
11/18/2008 12:56 PM
The ACSS executive board and several staff members met yesterday in a meet-and-confer session with DPA Director Dave Gilb and Deputy Director Debbie Endsley.
“We are committed to doing whatever we can to make the lives of excluded employees better,” ACSS President Olin King said. ACSS made it clear to DPA that any salary increases or improvements that are negotiated for rank and file should be passed on to excluded employees.
But the prospect of more money this year for supervisors and managers is nearly nonexistent, Gilb said. “We’re headed into a recession. Our focus is completely on our financial meltdown and how we’re going to run out of money come February.” He did confirm:
- DPA “at this point in time” will not implement furloughs for excluded employees in advance of rank-and-file. Twenty of the state’s 21 bargaining units are in negotiations.
- A PLP plan, where employees eventually are reimbursed for the days they must take off, is not on the table. The furlough days would have no cash-out value, but the salary cut would not change base pay or affect tirement contributions or benefits.
- The governor is encouraging all state departments to participate in alternate work schedules (9-8-80 and 4-10-40). The governor also is proposing to amend the law that requires state offices be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to give them flexibility to close.
- The DPA has submitted to the governor a list of additional high-cost areas for per diem reimbursement. That item, and others that require funding, are on hold until the budget crisis is settled. “Anything that costs a dime is over at the governor’s office,” Gilb said.
Though the following programs cannot be implemented this year, Gilb said he does support:
- ACSS’ goal to eliminate compaction and create a full 10 percent differential between supervisors and their subordinates;
- increased pay for working in high-cost areas. The state’s wages in the San Francisco Bay area lag 40 percent behind private salaries. In Los Angeles, the difference is 10 percent; in San Diego, it’s 15 percent;
- training for supervisors that would allow them to earn extra pay if they take approved courses that advance their skills.
Below are Gilb's responses to questions ACSS asked:
Q. Would you consider a Golden Handshake for excluded employees?
A. No way in ...
Q. Does closing down an entire department for the furlough one day a month save money? If not, why require all employees to take the same day off?
A. We haven't figured out the costs. The idea is to get the public used to not having state services one day a month.
Q. If furloughs become a reality, would the administration consider allowing excluded employees to choose the day they want to take off each month? ACSS supports this.
A. When the governor made his demands for employee furloughs, alternatives hadn't been discussed. We are open to suggestions from everyone! Twenty-four-hour and revenue-producing departments would not shut down, so the furlough days would vary, but the employees would still be required to take them.
Q. How would furloughs affect special-funded vs. general-funded departments?
A. All departments would be treated the same.
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