2024-06-25 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board June 25, 2024 So, I think equipped—giving the tools for these individuals to become eligible for other positions that they can apply and be competitive isshould be commended. I don't see a loss anywhere. This is the kind of things that help to move people from lower positions, to move up—and lower positions open up for other people. It's a generational change that often—I think we forget I think we've done training programs before where we wanted to increase reading levels for the ESL employees at hotels, so that they could take other jobs, so we could open up bottom level jobs to move more people in for employment. So, 10 positions, you guys doing all the work, the money, and the individual comes away with skillsets that they did not have two years priorI think is commendable. Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: I have a couple comments and I'm still concerned. I think the concept is good but there's some loopholes. It's not a smooth flow. And I'm going to tell you why because the Professional Trainee process that HR developed years ago had a smooth process. The person was hired as a Professional Trainee. Why? Because HR—in HR that person didn't meet the MQ's for HR Specialist. I'll just use that as an example. So, the person worked as a Professional Trainee and then got reallocated later to the HR Specialist position. And then, later that person qualified to a higher level position. You see the flow? The money, the time that was invested as the trainee helped the department because that person now is learning, got trained, and eventually moved to a higher classification—same position number. It's different—I'm going to have to disagree a little bit with you, Charlie. MS. TOKIHIRO: And I think that it's this is different also because Professional Trainee is already in BU13. CHR. CABANAS: Yes. MS. TOKIHIRO: And so, for a Professional Development Trainee because we are intentionally bridging the gap between BU3 and BU13, it's a transition. It's a clear path— CHR. CABANAS: Yes. MS. TOKIHIRO: but we have to address the fact that those are different bargaining units and that's why we have to have a separate supplemental agreement with the union CHR. CABANAS: Right. MS. TOKIHIRO: that acknowledges it's a training agreement—that acknowledges that this individual, although they're in a BU3 position, is being provided professional tasks that will help them to gain professional experience, to then qualify for higher level positions in BU13. Page 18