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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Author: |Pan | |-----------+-----------------------------------------------------| |Version: |4/4/16 As amended | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultant:|Pamela Schneider | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. SB 1058 (Pan) Page 2 of ? 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 SB 1058 (Pan) Page 3 of ? 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. SB 1058 (Pan) Page 4 of ?