COMPLIANCE REVIEW REPORT
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES
RECYCLING AND RECOVERY
Compliance Review Unit State Personnel Board June 13, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ 1
Background ..................................................................................................................... 2
Scope and Methodology .................................................................................................. 3
Findings and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 4
Examinations ............................................................................................................. 4
Appointments ............................................................................................................. 6
Equal Employment Opportunity ............................................................................... 13
Personal Services Contracts .................................................................................... 16
Mandated Training ................................................................................................... 18
Departmental Response ................................................................................................ 20
SPB Reply ..................................................................................................................... 20
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California Environmental Protection Agency Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor
Cal Recycle a DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES RECYCLING AND RECOVERY
10011 STREET, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 • www.CALRECYCLE.CA.GOV • (916) 322-4027
May 27, 2016
State Personnel Board Compliance Review Unit 801 Capitol Mall Sacramento, CA 95815
P .0 . BOX 4025, S ACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95812
This letter is in response to the California State Personnel Board's (SPBs) compliance review draft of the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery's (CaiRecycle) personnel practices. The SPB draft report provided nine findings, seven of which require a response from CaiRecycle. The following includes those seven findings, an explanation of why they occurred, and details to summarize corrective action plans.
Finding 2: Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Questionnaires Were Not Separated From Applications.
Cause: CaiRecycle acknowledges and agrees with SPB's finding. The Human Resources Office (HRO) experienced a high volume of applications during the period of February 2015 through September 2015. During this timeframe, the Classification & Pay (C&P) Unit had one vacancy and one employee on leave, which resulted in temporarily assigning logging in applications to office support staff. The office support staff were not given adequate instruction on processing the applications nor were they instructed to remove the EEO questionnaires.
Response: The HRO support staff have received thorough written and verbal instructions and been trained on the removal of EEO questionnaires to prevent reoccurrences. CaiRecycle's C&P Request for Personnel Action (RPA} checklist has been updated to include proper application processing with the removal of the EEO questionnaire (when attached) and confidential destruct before distribution back to the hiring managers. CaiRecycle will ensure all EEO questionnaires are separated from applications per Government Code section 19704 and 19705.
Finding 3: Appointment Documentation Was Not Kept for the Appropriate Amount of Time.
Cause: CaiRecycle acknowledges that eight Notices of Personnel Action (NOPA) were missing, and for one appointment, all applications, except the appointee's application, were not kept for the appropriate amount of time. This is due to the fact that the
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NOPA's were not tracked correctly and the specialists were not able to locate pending copies. The missing appointment file and recruitment materials were destroyed in error by the hiring manager.
Response: CaiRecycle has created and implemented a NOPA tracking system that requires the personnel specialist to keep a pending copy until the original is returned. When the original NOPA is sent out to the personnel liaisons for distribution, it will include a memo that directs the employee to review, sign, and return one copy of the NOPA to their personnel specialist within 10 business days. Email reminders from the personnel specialist will be sent to the employee with a copy to their supervisor until the signed NOPA is received in the Transactions Unit. Since the completion of the compliance review, an email addressing application retention requirements was sent out to all managers and supervisors reminding them of the requirement to retain all hiring applications and interview materials for a period of five years after the date of hire.
Finding 4: Probationary Evaluations Were Not Provided for aU Appointments Reviewed.
Cause: CaiRecycle acknowledges that not all supervisors and managers consistently meet this requirement for employees on probation. Notifications are provided to the supervisory staff upon the issuance of the NOPA. However, as the audit found, there were cases in which the probation reports were not provided to the employees by their managers.
Response: CaiRecycle will enhance its Position and Employee Tracking System (PETS) to track employees on probation, due dates of evaluation, notification to hiring managers, and completion of the probation report. In addition, within two weeks of the initial appointment, an email will be sent to the employee's supervisor from the personnel specialist with the probationary dates and the required Report of Performance for Probationary Employee (STD. 636) for completion. Failure to complete the probationary reports will result in upper management and executive staff automatically being notified of the deficiency so that follow-up action can be taken.
Finding 5: Applications Were Not Date Stamped and/or Accepted After the Final Filing Date.
Cause: CaiRecycle acknowledges all applications must be date stamped and post marked by the final fi ling date. CaiRecycle's mail is date stamped daily by the Business Services Unit and delivered to the HRO. The C&P analyst processes all application documents (staples envelopes to the back of all applications and documents). All applications are logged in and sent to program three business days after the final filing date. Program receives all applications and make copies; however, the HRO discovered some hiring supervisors removed and discarded the mailing letters/envelopes stapled to the applications.
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Response: CaiRecycle has implemented an application intake process to ensure all appl ications are date stamped. CaiRecycle's Personnel Liaison's Request for Personnel Action Guide will be updated to include instructions for hiring program staff on how to process and retain all application documents, including date stamped envelopes.
Finding No. 6: Equal Employment Opportunity Officer Also Serves As the Personnel Officer at a State Agency With More Than 500 Employees
Cause: Senate Bill 63, Strickland, Chapter 21, Statutes of 2009 merged the former California Integrated Waste Management Board staff with staff from the Department of Conservation's Division of Recycling creating a new department greater than 500 employees. Shortly after the merge CaiRecycle's Chief Counsel consulted with CaiHR's legal office regarding the basis of the 500 employee threshold. Based on a very small number of EEO complaints and no ability to allocate a position to meet this requirement, it was determined that the Personnel Officer would continue to administer the EEO Officer duties with a direct reporting relationship to Cal Recycle's Director. That reporting relationship is the current model used by CaiRecycle.
Response: For the next few months, Cal Recycle will continue to administer EEO duties under the current model so that legal and/or significant issues are responded to thoroughly and timely. However, after July 1st. Cal Recycle will be filling a new hearing officer position (included in the FY 2016-17 budget). To address this compliance finding,· CaiRecycle will include the administration of EEO Officer duties within the job description of that position. That position will be located within the Executive Office and will be reporting directly to the Director.
Finding No. 8: Basic Supervisory Training Was Not Provided for All Supervisors
Cause: CaiRecycle agrees with this finding. The employees did not register for, nor did their managers ensure that the employees attended the mandated tr~ ining within the required timeframe. However, since the time this review was conducted, the employees have either completed or have registered for the mandated 40-hours of formal supervisory training.
Response: In order to ensure that future non-compliance issues do not occur, the HRO will provide copies of all new supervisory appointments to the Training Office. The Training Office will enroll employees and track course completion to ensure timeframes are met. If employees fail to attend training, the issue will be escalated to upper management and executive staff to address. Additionally, when the NOPA is distributed the employee and the employee's manager will be reminded of the training requirement by the HRO.
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Finding No. 9: Ethics Training Was Not Provided to All Filers
Cause: CaiRecycle acknowledges and agrees with this finding. The department identifies conflict of interest positions on the duty statement, details the required training on the new employee on-board checklist, provides outreach on training opportunities, and tracks completion of the training. However, for this review period, these resources were not successfully applied and/or utilized by the employee nor their managers to ensure the ethics training requirements were met. Additionally, follow-up by the Administrative Services Branch to ensure outstanding training was completed was not done.
Response: The New Employee Checklist will be amended to more clearly define when the training is required and provide direction on how to access the training. The HRO will provide a training requirement reminder to the employee when distributing the NOPA. Additionally, the department's PETS system will be enhanced to track positions identified as conflict of interest positions; when training is due to be completed; when it is completed; and provide reminders to the employee and their supervisor. Failure to complete the mandated training will result in upper management and executive staff being notified of the deficiency so that action can be taken .
The department will work to formalize and implement corrective action for all of the above noted findings. In addition, we will work with the SPB to report on updates for each of the items resulting from the final compl iance report.
CaiRecycle appreciates the SPBs assessment of our personnel practices and looks forward to continued cooperation in strengthening our processes.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 916-341-6091 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
Tiffany Donohue, Personnel Officer Department of Resources and Recycling
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