Or. Admin. Code § 411-002-0155

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 411-002-0155 - State Employee Supervision in a Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA

General Requirements:

(1) The Department of Human Services (the Department) and the AAA Contracted local government entities, in the best interest of the affected State employees, must collaborate and cooperate in the administration of state human resource policies. Communication regarding changes in the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and the Department's human resource policies and procedures relating to State employee supervision as well as communication regarding the day-to-day supervision and management of State employees will be encouraged.

(2) Both parties must comply with externally imposed Employment Relations Board (ERB) decisions, arbitration decisions, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Workers' Compensation (WC), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and other settlement decisions or agreements.

(3) The Department will be the sole negotiator for employment related settlements for State employees.

(a) Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAAs, which contract with the Department of Human Services for services of State employers, are required to manage employees in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the SEIU, Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union and Department of Administrative Services, and the Department.

(A) The Collective Bargaining Agreement, State and Federal laws, the Department of Administrative Services, and Department rules and policies relating to supervision of State employees must take precedent over Type B1 and Type B2 Contract AAA rules, policies or procedures.

(B) The Department must review any county or local government policies that will be applied to State employees to ensure compliances with State, Federal, DAS, and DHS policies for regulations.

(b) Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAAs will be collaborative and must comply with the Department policies and decisions on matters of recruitment and retention of State employees. The Department is responsible for recruitment of all State employees, represented and management, and must jointly participate in the selection of all State supervisory and managerial employees. The Department maintains the final approval of the selection of State supervisory and managerial employees.

(c) With the exception of the State Program Managers (see section (f)), all State employees must be managed, directed, supervised, and evaluated by State managers. The term supervision includes hiring, firing, disciplining, and setting performance expectations. State management employees must supervise only State employees.

(d) State employees working in a Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA are not considered employees of the AAA and are not entitled to any benefits from the AAA employee benefit packages. This includes vacation, holiday and sick leave, other leaves with pay, medical and dental coverage, life and disability insurance, overtime, Social Security, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, and retirement funding. State employee benefit packages are determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, as referred to in (a) of this rule.

(e) State managers and State represented employees in a Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA are required to attend applicable Department program and management training and designated curriculum pertinent to the individual position. Such training is available to the local government Contract AAA Director.

(f) The State Program Manager in a Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA will report directly to both the AAA Director and the designated Field Services Manager in the Department as follows:

(A) The Department must sign as the reviewer for the performance appraisal of the Program Manager and direct subordinates. The Contract AAA Director must seek input from the designated Field Services Manager in the Department when preparing the State Program Manager's performance evaluation.

(B) The Contract AAA Director will prepare the State Program Manager's evaluation. Prior to discussion with the State Program Manager, the Contract AAA Director will have the Field Services Manager as reviewer. By signing as reviewer, the Field Services Manager concurs with the content of the performance appraisal. A performance appraisal will not be valid without both the Field Services Manager's signature and the Contract AAA Director's signature. If there is disagreement and consensus cannot be reached, the Assistant Director for Seniors and People with Disabilities at the Department will make a final determination on the content of the performance appraisal. The evaluation must reflect both the Contract AAA Director's and the Field Services Manager's assessment of the Program Manager's performance.

(C) The State Program Manager must seek and incorporate input from both the Field Services Manager and the Contract AAA Director when preparing the performance evaluations of subordinate staff managers/supervisors. The Contract AAA Director and the Field Services Manager must both review the evaluation and both sign as reviewer.

(g) The Department has final approval for all personnel actions taken related to State employees.

(A) The Department is the appointing authority and has final approval for all personnel recommendations regarding State employees for the Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA. Approval will be granted when the Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA personnel recommendations are in compliance with all applicable statutes, rules, agency or department agreements and policies.

(B) The Type B1 or B2 Contract AAA is to use only Department issued forms in conjunction with Department human resource policies for all administrative business with State employees.

(h) All State employees working in a Type B1 or Type B2 Contract AAA are prohibited from participating professionally in a case involving a relative connected by blood relation, marriage, adoption, or part of an extended family. State employees are responsible for notifying the State Program Manager if a relative is receiving Medicaid, OAA, and/or OPI services from the Contract AAA. The State employee's Program Manager in such a situation will assure that the case is assigned to another employee, in another office if possible, who is not a relative and who will not be unduly influenced by the State employee who is a relative. The State Program Manager must provide the Department's Human Resource unit with a written statement that outlines the safeguards put in place to assure no undue influence will be asserted by the affected employee. The Department's Human Resource unit will be the final decision maker as to whether the safeguards are sufficient.

(i) The Contract AAA Director and the Field Services Manager or designee must participate jointly in the selection of the State Program Manager.

(A) The Department maintains the final approval of the selection of the State Program Manager.

(B) The Contract AAA Director will be the State Program Manager's direct-report supervisor.

(C) The State Program Manager is responsible for ensuring the Contract AAA complies with all state program and administrative policy rules and required procedures. It is the responsibility of the State Program Manager to first advise the Contract AAA Director and then the Field Services Manager if the State Program Manager believes he or she is being given work directions that are in violation of such policy or rules and required procedures. If the Field Services Manager and the Contract AAA Director cannot resolve the conflict, it will be referred to the Assistant Director for Seniors and People with Disabilities at the Department for a final determination as to which specific state policy interpretation will apply to the present situation.

Or. Admin. Code § 411-002-0155

SPD 7-2005, f. 6-1-05, cert. ef. 6-6-05

Stat. Auth.: ORS 410.070

Stats. Implemented: ORS 410.210 - 410.300