2024-06-25 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board June 25, 2024 And it's, basically, I've seen it happen to people, where they do something for a length of time, and then theyoh, apply for that position—and then, they don't get the position. And so, now they've put in two years and they had a j ob, but now they don't have a j ob. And I really am concerned that you're going to pull some people in and then they're going to get hosed, basically, and I don't—I'm concerned about that. That bothers me. MS. TOKIHIRO: So, these are paid positions as well. And they come with all of the County benefits. And so, yes, I can understand that it would be disappointing at the end, to put time in and then not get selected for a position. I'm not able to control all of that but, again, our attempt is wanting to provide these opportunities. So, we need to be fair in our interview and selection process— MR. WISEMAN: Chair? MS. TOKIHIRO: but we're providing the opportunities to gain this experience. CHR. CABANAS: I think Mr. Wiseman has some questions or comments. MR. WISEMAN: Yes. CHR. CABANAS: David? MR. WISEMAN: What would be the criteria after two years for not being accepted in the job? MS. TOKIHIRO: It would be because of—our positions follow our regular recruitment process. If it was a recruitment that was done within the County, then they would be applying for those internal recruitments, but the department has the ability to interview and select all applicants. So, there may be multiple applicants from within the County, so it's not that there would be anything that would prevent them from meeting the qualifications, but it's like any other interview and selection process. There's one position, one person that's going to be selected. MR. WISEMAN: I share the sentiment of my colleagues that the to go through two years of training and then to have to compete for the position with everyone else, who didn't have that. I mean, it's to be on equal footing with them just doesn't sound right. The selection process should be amended, if you're going to implement this two-year process, I think, that they should be sort of just accepted for the position subject to any outrageous or any competency that was detected during that time. MS. TOKIHIRO: So, the position that they're being hired into, though, is a Professional Development Trainee the positions that they would be applying for potentially, it's not an equivalent position. It would be Professional Trainee or it could be any other position. So, it's not predetermined that that's their position and they're just being put into it—they have to Page 16