2018-05-09 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board May 9, 2018 appropriate steps or—and the like. And, now, I think how do you conduct a proper job performance evaluation? Those items which, for the most part, from a HR department—we somewhat take for granted—we think it's, "Oh, that's just general, simple knowledge CHR. NAHUINA: Yes. MR. BRILHANTE: or simple information." But, I think when somebody's new to the room and they're new to the game, and they don't understand these things that we take for granted there has to be a process in place that we can convey—and we can provide the managers with that information. And, like I said, the Mayor has requested that we do that. So, we will be doing a certification/management/supervisor training program within this year and that's Goal 1. Goal 2 is implementing a County -wide policy and evaluation program on the prevention of workplace violence that's an item that it's, kind of, like, at the top of everybody's tongue right now. It's in the forefront. I think we've come on board the County has amended and we've disseminated our new Violence in the Workplace Policy. We've received responses from we're required to consult with the unions before we implement any policy. So, we received feedback from three of the unions. Unfortunately, the union that has historically given us problems with this policy has been UPW—and we're still in the consultation process with them going back and forth. MALE: I hear you. MR. BRILHANTE: And so, I'mI don't know why it's such an issue. It's, like I said, it's on everybody's tongue and everybody knows— CHR. NAHUINA: Yes. MR. BRILHANTE: —right from wrong now—and I'm not sure why we're getting such push back just from that one particular union. And going forward, that's a policy that we'd like to — a program that we'd like to implement and make sure everybody's on the same page and everybody knows—all the "i's" that need to be dotted and the "t's" that need to be crossed. MALE: Right. MR. BRILHANTE: So, that's my Goal Number 2. Number 3 is develop and implement a department -by -department safety program to help reduce the frequency and expense associated with workers' compensation claims. I'm not sure if you're aware or you paid attention to our departmental budget review at the county council, but one of the areas I identified isour HR Department, as you know, is somewhat bifurcated. We have the HR Human Resources component and, as a part of that, we have Health and Safety. Page 10