Sutter Meet & Confer Update    Personnel Manual         UPE and Sutter Court continued negotiations over changes to the Personnel Manual.  The two sides have come to an agreement on a number of different proposals but are still exchanging proposals over the Discipline, Reassignment, and File Review sections of the manual.  UPE continues to improve the language in the Manual to provide more protections for our members.  UPE and the Court are scheduled to meet again on August 27, 2019.         TOGETHER      WE ARE STRONG

005 Meet and Confer Update DTech Asset Management Policy       UPE met with the County over a new proposed policy surrounding Department of Technology (DTech) Asset Management. The impetus behind the policy was an audit on DTech which recommended that a policy be in place to document, “….capital assets, including the proper recognition, measurement, safeguarding and disposal from purchase to disposal”. This policy only pertains to the DTech Department and not County-wide. Click here to read more.

005 Meet and Confer Update Environmental Management Electronic In-Out Board (“Who’s In”)     On July 18, 2019, UPE met with Environmental Management to discuss the upgrade to the old computerized in/out board (who's in) to a newer platform. Robert Milano explained that the old system had been in effect for nearly 20 years with no upgrade available for the last ten years. Because it is an upgrade to the old system with just some user friendly improvements, there really seems to be no impact to the work of our UPE members. Most of the upgraded software will be for field staff, but the office staff will get an upgrade to what they are already used to using.  Click here to read more.

008 Meet & Confer Update    Impact of Staffing Levels        UPE and DHA met on July 29, 2019, to discuss ways to mitigate the negative impact the current staffing shortage is having on our members.  UPE made an initial six proposals to address this issue:      • Suspend the monthly one-on-ones with Supervisors at the service centers for one year.   • Establish a cut-off time for calls that transition to RRRs and Intakes that allow worker to instruct the client to call back the next day.   Click here to read more.

005 Salary Survey Update!     UPE and the County sparred once again, regarding the jurisdictions that would be used in a salary survey. The County is using the traditional local jurisdictions while UPE is proposing to add another 3 jurisdictions: Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara. The County ultimately became amenable to add Contra Costa County but not Alameda or Santa Clara Counties. UPE insisted in using Alameda and Santa Clara, however the County did not agree.  Therefore, both sides decided that we would each compose a salary survey and discuss the results during the next meet and confer that is scheduled on August 29th.   Click here to read more.

008 Meet and Confer Update Caseload Reduction Black Child Legacy Social Workers 6/27/19        UPE and CPS continued meeting over a possible caseload reduction for BCL Social Workers.  The two sides previously met in February.  At that meeting, UPE proposed that BCL workers receive a .8 caseload reduction.  This would place them in line with other out- stationed social workers and would help to account for the additional duties they are required to perform as a part of the BCL program.  UPE argued that BCL workers must take on a significant number of extra duties at their locations, which makes it extremely difficult to keep up with their normal caseload.

005/008 Meet & Confer Update    IHSS Transitioning to Electronic Timesheet System        On July 22, 2019 UPE and the County met regarding the changes to In-home Support Services (IHSS) recipients and provider timesheets. The IHSS program statewide will now require participants to enroll in the Electronic Timesheet System (ETS) in order to meet new federal requirements. Statewide there are about 1.1 million participants, with Sacramento County currently serving approximately 55,000. Of the 55,000 participants, there are currently approximately 21, 400 already enrolled in ETS but 37, 000 have yet to enroll. The County is required to enroll the remaining participants by the go-live date which is currently slated for January 2020.       Click here to read more.

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NEWS & EVENTS  August Thu, August 1st- Sutter Board Meeting, 12:00 p.m. at Sutter Wed, August 7th- 005 Office Technical Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m. at UPE Thu, August 8th - Court Office Technical Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at UPE Tue, August 13th - Court Professionals Unit Meeting, 12:00 p.m. at FRC Tue, August 13th - Merced County Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at 2222 M Street, Room 310 Tue, August 13th - 008 Welfare Non-Supervisory Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m. at UPE Thu, August 15th- Yuba Board Meeting, 12:00 p.m. at TBD Thu, August 15th - 6:00 p.m. at UPE - Stewards Council: Advanced Department of Labor Rights - Steward Training II (Session 2) Tue, August 27th - Board of Directors Meeting, 6:00 p.m. at UPE