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Job Seekers | Retirees | Employees | State HR Professionals | Other | CalHR Executive Team

California Department of Human Resources

1515 S Street, North Building, Suite 400
Sacramento, California 95811-7258

 

Visitors to the department should enter at 1810 16th Street.

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Job Seekers

State jobs center

State jobs center 

1810 16th Street

Sacramento, California 95811-7258

Get a map to the State jobs center

 

Exam questions

Exams team

(866) 844-8671

TDD (916) 654-6336 - for hearing-impaired only

 

Retirees

CalPERS retirement

Retiree health

 

Retiree vision insurance

Retiree vision insurance

State Service and Seniority

Employees

Contact your personnel office

For most matters, we ask employees to contact their personnel offices. CalHR helps personnel offices answer questions. We do not answer most individual employee questions about personnel issues.

 

Cash in lieu of benefits

• FlexElect: FlexElect cash options
• CoBen: Consolidated Benefits (CoBen)

 

CoBen consolidated benefits

 

Contract questions

Please contact your personnel office or labor relations office. 

 

Dental insurance

Dental insurance (active employees)

(916) 322-0300

fax (916) 322-3769

 

EAP (employee assistance program)

Employee assistance program

 

FlexElect reimbursement accounts

FlexElect reimbursement accounts

 

Grievances

 

Layoffs

• CDCR employees facing layoff: Check out the CDCR employee layoff resources website. For questions, please call (877) 297-5599 or fax (916) 322-2389.
• DOJ employees facing layoff: Please email the DOJ employee help line or call (916) 324-5047.

Non-Merit statutory appeals

CalHR appeals team

(916) 324-3857

fax (916) 322-5709

 

Pre-tax parking

Savings Plus

Contact Savings Plus for information about the plan.

 

State service and seniority

Please contact your personnel office if you're actively employed.

 

State Personnel Board appeals

SPB appeals team

(916) 653-0799

 

State Personnel Board appeals - Board calendaring

SPB appeals Board calendaring team

 

Statewide training

 

Travel

Vision insurance

State HR Professionals

CalHR Managers and Supervisors Contacts List - HR Net Users Only

• CalHR Managers and Supervisors Contacts List

 

Appeals

• Non-merit statutory appeals: CalHR appeals team, (916) 324-3857, fax (916) 322-5709
• State Personnel Board appeals: SPB appeals team, (916) 653-0799, for Board calendaring contact the SPB appeals Board calendaring team

 

Benefits

• Benefits administration manual
• California WorksWell health promotion program
• Consolidated Benefits (CoBen)
• Dental insurance (active employees)
• Employee assistance program
• FlexElect
• Legal services insurance
• Life insurance (excluded employees only)
• Long term disability insurance (excluded employees only)
• Pre-tax parking
• Retiree vision insurance
• Travel manager  - (916) 324-0526
• Vision insurance (active employees)
• Workers' compensation program

Bilingual program

 

CalHR Administration

(916) 322-0720

  

Drug testing

Drug testing information

(916) 324-2763 

 

Employee leave 

Personnel services branch

 

Exams

(866) 844-8671

 

Labor relations

 

Legal services

for billing contact legal services billing, (916) 323-4754

  

Legislation

Savings Plus

Statewide recruitment

 

Statewide training

Statutory appeals

Workforce planning

Workforce planning

Other

CalHR Executive Team

Director

Julie Chapman

 

Chief Deputy Director

Howard Schwartz

 

Labor Relations Assistant Deputy Director

Pam Manwiller

 

Chief Counsel

Joan Markoff

 

Legislative Director

Nancy Farias

 

Communications Director

Pat McConahay

 

Chief, Benefits

Greg Beatty

 

Plan Administrator, Savings Plus

Michelle Berklacich

 

Chief, Personnel Management

Debbie True

 

Chief, Selection

Carol Ong

 

Chief, Administrative Services

Mark Rodriguez

 

Chief Information Officer

Pam Baker

 

CalHR Executive Office

(916) 322-5193