BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT
Dr. Richard Pan, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SB 1058 Hearing Date: 4/11/16
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|Author: |Pan |
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|Version: |4/4/16 As amended |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant:|Pamela Schneider |
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Subject: State employment: supervisors
SOURCE: California Correctional Supervisors Organization
DIGEST: This bill adds peace officer supervisors of employees
in State Bargaining Unit 7 (California Statewide Law Enforcement
Association) to the group of peace officer supervisors who are
required to receive salary and benefits changes that are at
least generally equivalent to the salary and benefits granted to
employees they supervise.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)States in Government Code (GC) 19849.18 that supervisors of
employees represented by the following state bargaining units
(BU) shall receive salary and benefits changes that are at
least generally equivalent to the salary and benefits provided
to the employees they supervise:
State BU 5: California Association of Highway Patrol
State BU 6: California Correctional Peace Officers
Association
State BU 8: California Department of Forestry Firefighters
2)In regard to this requirement, defines "salary" to mean base
pay and not to be construed to include overtime.
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3)Clarifies that the benefit package shall be the economic
equivalent but that the benefits do not need to be identical.
4)Requires that the specific benefits that these supervisors
receive shall be determined through a meet and confer process
as defined in GC section 3533.
5)Specifies in GC section 3533 that upon request, the state
shall meet and confer with verified supervisory organizations
representing supervisory employees on matters within the scope
of representation, as specified.
6)Defines for this purpose "meet and confer" to mean that the
state employer shall consider as fully as it deems reasonable
such presentations as are made by the verified supervisory
employee organization on behalf of its supervisory members
prior to arriving at a determination of policy or course of
action. The final determination of policy or course of action
shall be the sole responsibility of the state employer.
This bill amends GC 19849.18 to add peace officer supervisors
of employees in State BU 7 to those supervisors that shall
receive salary and benefits changes that are generally
equivalent to those provided to the employees they supervise.
Background
State BU 7 is primarily comprised of approximately 7,000 peace
officers and state safety personnel working in various state
departments.
Peace officers in BU 7 include state parks rangers and fish and
wildlife wardens, Alcoholic Beverage Control agents, Department
of State Hospitals officers, special agents with the Department
of Justice, deputy state fire marshals, and inspectors and
investigators in various state departments who are designated as
peace officers. Those who directly supervise these represented
peace officers are also designated as peace officers.
Related/Prior Legislation
SB 216 (Beall, 2013), would have required CalHR to address
salary compaction for managerial and supervisorial employees and
provide data to the Legislature when insufficient revenue is
available to implement a salary determination to increase
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managerial and supervisorial salaries by 10% over the salaries
of their subordinate rank and file employees. Vetoed by the
Governor, who stated in his veto message:
I understand that the intent of this bill is to ensure that
the salaries for managerial employees are higher than the
employees they supervise. My administration has made
progress on this issue within the past 12 months and will
continue to meet with representatives of excluded employees
to discuss compaction issues as appropriate.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.: Yes Local: No
SUPPORT:
California Correctional Supervisors Organization, Inc. (source)
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
California Association of Code Enforcement Officers
California College and University Police Chiefs Association
California Narcotic Officers' Association
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Riverside Sheriffs' Association
OPPOSITION:
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT:
According to the sponsor:
Sound organizational principles provide that supervisors of
state employees should receive salary and benefit changes
that are at least generally equivalent to the salary and
benefits granted to employees they supervise. This not
only avoids compaction, but it incentivizes employees to
improve their own skills so that they can promote. Without
such parity, an unintended consequence will be to
discourage employees from seeking promotion, which, in
turn, results in less qualified supervisorial personnel.
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