AGENDA DATE: 1/16/2019
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Personnel Policy Amendments
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Consideration of amending, adding, and reorganizing several personnel policies
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Kamptner, DeLoria, Gerome, Shigeoka
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Beginning next spring, local government and school employees will be using a new, online time and attendance system to manage their timekeeping, attendance, and leave. In addition to improving the accuracy of records and employees having the ability to access their information on a real-time basis, the new system will be compatible with several existing systems, such as payroll, and the scheduling applications used by police, fire and rescue, and the school division for substitute teachers, in addition to other benefits. The company implementing the new system is Kronos, a nationally-recognized expert in this field that has extensive experience with many leading governmental and private sector organizations. Several personnel policies related to leave and pay are being updated and reorganized in order to facilitate this process and to realign or correct current practice.
Personnel policies unrelated to the Kronos project also are being updated and added to conform with the County's commonality practices between local government and the schools (? P-08).
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities.
DISCUSSION: The attached proposed personnel policies (Attachment A) include the following changes:
? P-02 Definition of Employee Status
- Clarifies language, adds new terms
? P-05 Effect of Criminal Conviction or Arrest
- Updates language for clarity, consistency, and current practice.
? P-24 Recruitment and Selection of Employees (formerly Recruitment and Selection of Personnel)
- U...
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