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

On April 17, your Sutter governing board met with management to discuss the vacant court services technician position. This position's primary duty is to coordinate interpreter services for the Court. This position has historically been hard to fill because people want to be promoted to a court clerk. Currently, court clerks are absorbing these duties without extra pay. We proposed that the court create a new specialized court clerk position with a higher pay scale for taking

Greetings Union Brothers, Sisters, and Friends, Your 008 bargaining team met for the second time with the department regarding the re-implementation of ABAWD requirements for CalFresh, due to HR1. Management shared all training materials with us, and we took a deep dive into the content, training structure, and analyzed what would make this more effective for staff. Due to the diligence and extensive steps required for workers to handle ABAWD,

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,

Greetings, Union Brothers and Sisters, On April 10, your 008 board members met again with DHA management to discuss the questionable document validation process. Last time we met, DHA proposed that the follow-up groups at Greenhaven and East Commerce handle all returned documents from PID and proceed with those cases. At that time, we requested data on this group’s average call time, task time, and phone time to determine whether they have the capacity to absorb this additio

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

Greetings union brothers, sisters, & friends, On April 7th, 2026, your bargaining team met with the department regarding the fallout of the 28th street closure and additional operational changes the County has made as a result. Specifically, minor consent applications will now be centralized department-wide instead of being handled by an individual specialized unit. The department agreed to provide training to all HSS staff as a reminder of how to treat these confidential ca

Greetings, UPE 005/008 brothers and sisters! On April 2, 2026, UPE met with the County to discuss the transition of the telework applications with regard to how they will now be submitted and stored. The department is asking all staff to input their current telework information, including their current telework schedule and insurance information, into WISE. UPE had minimal questions, such as: how long do employees have to enter their information into WISE, what happens if t

On April 7, 2026, your 005 board members met with DCSS management to discuss the financial team restructures that were initiated in 2023. We asked for all training materials, workflows, and training timelines. We were informed that training has officially concluded for those who transferred from Account Clerk to Office Specialist, so the 6-month hold harmless clause would begin for them as of April 13th. In these 6 months, no errors or omissions are to be used against them as

Greetings union brothers, sisters, and friends, Your 008 bargaining team met with the department regarding the re-implementation of the ABAWD requirements for Cal Fresh due to HR1. These changes will take place effective June 1st, 2026. The department stated that our members will be required to assess cases for ABAWD exemptions and that they have devised a training plan they will roll out over time in late April through May. Most but not all of the information will be relaye

On February 17, 2026, UPE met and conferred with representatives from Sacramento County and SCERS regarding updates to the County's policy regarding Retired Annuitants. Retired Annuitants are retired County employees who come back to work for the County on a part-time basis. Both State Law and SCERS rules tightly regulate the use of annuitants. State law was recently updated to allow SCERS to fine Departments $200 for failing to properly monitor and report on their use of ret

On February 18, 2026, UPE met and conferred with representatives from Sacramento County DPS regarding the OA/OS class study. The County agreed to a change proposed by UPE to the class specifications that maintains the current relationship between education and experience for determining whether an applicant meets MQs. UPE also proposed, and the County agreed to a change to the Lead OA and OS classifications that better makes clear they are not supervisors and should not be di