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PERSONNEL - Director Coral Ferrin
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Request adoption of proposed revisions to TCPR ?3302: Bilingual Pay
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Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact associated with this request. Bilingual pay stipends for FY 23/24 have been allocated in the annual adopted budget.
Background Information:
TCPR ?3302: Bilingual Pay
The Personnel Office is requesting revisions to TCPR ?3302: Bilingual Pay. Proposed revisions would amend the current process for tracking bilingual pay designations within the Position Allocation List (PAL). Rather than associating bilingual pay designations with specific positions within the official PAL, bilingual pay designations will be allocated by total number within Departments and determined during the annual recommended and adopted budget process.
Currently, bilingual pay designations are associated with the classification specification. County of Tehama participated in a CalPERS reporting requirements audit in 2020. As a result of this audit, CalPERS required classification specifications designated as "bilingual" be eliminated. The request was completed for CalPERS compliance, however; the PAL was never changed.
This proposed change provides Departments with the flexibility to move a bilingual designations within their PAL more freely. Meaning, Department Heads will have the ability to move bilingual designations between positions, without having to come before the Board of Supervisors to request an official PAL allocation change. For instance, if an employee receiving a bilingual stipend is promoted to a higher level classification, the bilingual stipend can be moved accordingly without Board action.
Other language changes proposed are for clean-up and to provide clarity.
The draft was created by the Personnel Department, then routed through the Personnel Review Committee, the Department Heads, and the bargaining units, if applicable. The process then conti...
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