On April 17, 2026, UPE 005 representatives met with Sacramento County over four new proposed County-wide policies: Incompatible Activities, Nepotism, Pre-Employment Checks, and a County Code of Conduct. Incompatible Activities requires members to disclose any outside employment that may conflict with their County employment. The Pre-Employment Checks relate to what criminal history information DPS can and cannot disclose to hiring Departments while considering new candidates.

Greetings, UPE 005 brothers and sisters! On April 23, 2026, UPE met with the County and Labor Relations to discuss the Financial Account Adjustment Policy. This is a new policy that covers financial adjustments that may be made by the accounting section. These duties include, but are not limited to, adding or reversing charges, assessing delinquency fees, and writing off uncollectable accounts. The policy also speaks to desk procedures being written, including, but not limit

We’ve received questions about whether employees are entitled to an additional rest break when working overtime. Here’s a clear breakdown: Under California law, you are entitled to a paid rest break for every 4 hours worked, or major fraction of 4 hours (which is anything over 2 hours). If you work a standard 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM shift with a one-hour unpaid lunch, you have worked 8 hours and are entitled to two rest breaks. If you then work overtime from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM,

Your 008-bargaining team met with the department regarding their proposal to have OA’s site verify the identification of clients when they are unknown to Cal Saws or MEDS. The department stated that they wanted to avoid handoffs when ID needs to be submitted. UPE believes this is an out-of-class job duty meant for eligibility staff only. We were unable to come to any kind of agreement for a change in the duties of our Office Assistants. We demanded that the department retrac