AB 757,
as amended, Roger Hernández. Department of Parks and Recreation:begin delete regulations.end deletebegin insert payroll review report.end insert
Existing law requires that state agencies, as defined, comply with statutes and regulations governing various aspects of their operation, including the adoption of policies and regulations, hiring, transactions, and compensation.
This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation tobegin delete implementend deletebegin insert report to the Legislature on its implementation ofend insert the recommendationsbegin delete regarding compensation for employees working in out-of-class assignments as identified in an audit by the Controller, and report to the Legislatureend deletebegin insert
contained in the Controller’s “Payroll Review Report of the Department of Parks and Recreation” dated December 18, 2012end insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 11016.7 is added to the Government
2Code, to read:
(a) The Department of Parks and Recreation shall,
4by July 1, 2014, implement, to the extent practicable, policy
5recommendations
contained in the State Controller’s Payroll
6Review Report of the Department of Parks and Recreation dated
7December 18, 2012. The Controller listed the following policy
8suggestions regarding compensation for employees working in
9out-of-class assignments in its report:
10(1) All of the out-of-class assignments should be forwarded to
11the Classification and Pay Unit of the department for approval.
12The Transactions Unit of the department should ensure that all of
13the proper approvals are obtained before entering assignments into
14the payroll system. Approvals should occur before
the assignment
15start date.
16(2) The Classification and Pay Unit of the department should
17review bargaining unit contracts before approval of the out-of-class
18assignment to ensure that compensation is not paid beyond the end
19of an assignment period or that compensation does not exceed 120
20days within 12 consecutive months or 365 days, or both, depending
21on the employee’s classification.
22(3) The justification documentation or approval sheet, or both,
23should include language stating that approval for managers to
24receive out-of-class assignments occurs only after the manager
25already has worked out of class for 90 days.
26(4) The Transactions Unit of the department should provide
27training to staff to ensure that they
are aware that out-of-class pay
28should be adjusted for employees on nonindustrial disability
29insurance.
30(5) The Transactions Unit managers or supervisors of the
31department should provide tools and training to staff to ensure that
32payment calculations are calculated correctly. The calculation
33should be adequately documented using a state form STD 671 and
34a legible calculation sheet.
35(6) The department’s Internal Audit Unit should conduct regular
36reviews of out-of-class assignments to determine whether the
37assignments are in accordance with state law, bargaining unit
38agreements, and department policies.
P3 1(7) The Department of Parks and Recreation should seek
2
reimbursement from employees who received out-of-class
3payments to which they were not lawfully entitled.
20 4(b)
begin insert(a)end insert (1) The Department of Parks and Recreation
6shall report on its implementation of the Controller’s
7recommendationsbegin insert contained in the “State Controller’s Payroll
8Review Report of the Department of Parks and Recreation” dated
9December 18, 2012,end insert pursuant to this section to the Legislature on
10or before July 31, 2014.
11(2) The report shall be submitted in compliance with
Section
129795.
27 13(c)
end delete
14begin insert(b)end insert This section shall remain in effect only until December 31,
152014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
16that is enacted before December 31, 2014, deletes or extends that
17date.
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