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Know Your Rights It is imperative that you know your employee rights in order to ensure equal treatment and fairness in the workplace. As a public employee, you have rights that are granted through your union contract, state and federal law, and workplace policies. UPE's staff and member-leaders have... CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Injured at work? Contact the Law Office of Nicholas Sheedy Have you suffered a serious injury at work or experienced intolerable pain from your current job duties? Would you like to know the options for your future? If so, call the Law Office of Nicholas Sheedy and schedule a free consultation to discuss your situation in a private, confidential setting. Sacramento County's Human Resources department is not your friend in this regard. Mr. Sheedy will give you insight into benefits beyond Workers Compensation, such as EDD & SSDI, and explain how the various benefits work together. Call (916) 646-4600 for a free consultation to plan for your future.

DCFAS/CPS Centralized Placement Support Unit Social Worker Standards On May 17, 2023, UPE met with the County regarding the above policy. The Department wanted to meet to codify existing expectations and requirements for code of conduct in relation to attendance/accountability, practice standards, and duties for all Social Workers at the Centralized Placement Support Unit (CPSU). UPE picked apart the document bullet by bullet, asking questions such as.... CONTINUE READING

Behavioral Health Services APSS Clinic Call-in Procedure On May 16, 2023, UPE met with the County regarding changes in the above procedure.  UPE requested that employees only be required to call their immediate Supervisor regarding being absent and/or tardy and that the Supervisor disseminate that information to staff.  The Department stated that the reason for calling the front desk is just in case patients need to be rescheduled.  UPE reminded the Department that clerical staff does not see patients and, therefore, that does not pertain to them.  Since the Department was not agreeable to this... CONTINUE READING

DHA 005/008 CalWORKs Intake Service Center Update  Over the past month, UPE members have been sharing concerns about the recent CalWORKs intake Service Center rollout, and we have been compiling a list of issues to discuss with the Department.  On May 16, 2023, UPE and representatives from the 005 and 008 governing boards met with DHA management to discuss these concerns. While going through the lengthy list, we were pleased with most of the responses that we received, as management had been aware of them and had already made changes to ensure that the issues did not... CONTINUE READING

005 / 008 Meet & Confer Update Covid Testing Guidelines On May 10, 2023, UPE and representatives for both the 008 and 005 bargaining units met with the County for a second time to discuss the changes in the COVID-19 testing guidelines by Cal/OSHA.  In our previous meeting, UPE proposed that the County still allow those being mandated to test to have the ability to go to their chosen medical provider rather than testing at the worksite.  The County rejected that proposal, saying that if employees wanted to go to a provider for testing, they can use their own leave balances.  The rejection of our proposal led to us having a second meeting to discuss other... CONTINUE READING

CalSAWS May 9, 2023 UPE met with the Department of Human Assistance regarding the future implementation of CalSAWS. What is frustrating to our team is that the information we are receiving is being trickled out as the department receives it, making it very difficult to begin assessing the impact on our members. As web training begins its rollout in June, we should have what we need to start the actual meet-and-confer process with the department so that these... CONTINUE READING

Negotiations Update  Court Office Technical Bargaining Unit  Tentative Agreement Ratified  Your UPE Court Office Technical Negotiations Team is excited to announce that the Court Office Technical membership ratified the new contract, overwhelming by a vote of 99.4% YES and only 0.6% NO.  This is a strong contract with benefits for all our members.  Your UPE Negotiations team could not have done it without the support of the membership! Thank you for your continued support! The 5% raise (retroactive to the first full pay period in March) will appear on the June 9th paycheck.  The Court is still waiting for... CONTINUE READING