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Discover the advantages of transferring your unused accumulated leave and other cashable leave credits into your Savings Plus account(s). This workshop explains how to maximize the benefits of Lump Sum Separation Pay and 457 Traditional Catch-Up.
By the end of this workshop you will:
Learn how to transfer Lump Sum into your Savings Plus account(s) pre-tax
Find out how to use Lump Sum with Catch-Up
See if you are eligible to double your Catch-Up contribution for up to three years in the 457 plan
No cost
Job Analysis
Note: This class was formerly called Supplemental Applications.
This one-day course introduces a variety of methods and techniques used to assess Training and Experience (T&E). Advantages and disadvantages of T&E evaluation methods will be discussed as well as issues related to reliability, validity, development, and scoring.
Participants will gain a foundation in the principles and techniques used to develop legally defensible T&E evaluations. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will be able to:
Personnel analysts, managers, or individuals responsible for the development of employment testing and selection programs.
$175 per participant
This two day class focuses on the principles and techniques used to develop a legally defensible and predictive multiple choice examination and how to evaluate test effectiveness. Day one focuses on the methods of writing multiple-choice written tests. The course introduces various item types such as knowledge, reading comprehension, math, and analytical problem solving. Day two covers the use and interpretation of item analysis data for written multiple-choice tests. Topics include item discrimination, item-total correlation, item difficulty, distractor analysis, classical test theory, statistical reliability, and the use of this information to improve individual test items as well as the overall exam.
Participants will gain a foundation in the principles and techniques used to develop legally defensible and predictive multiple-choice examinations. Participants will also learn how to use an item analysis report to ensure that examinations are functioning properly. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will be able to:
$350 per participant
Overview of Selection Process; Legal Aspects of Personnel Selection; Examination Administration (Selection Analyst Certification Only)
This two-day class provides participants with an understanding of how to properly conduct Qualification Appraisal Panel (QAP) interviews in accordance with best practices and CalHR regulations. The course will focus on the differences between a hiring interview and a QAP interview, the role of the panel members, equal employment opportunity considerations, panel member orientation, candidate rights, and interview procedures. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will receive certification to serve as a Chairperson on QAP interviews.
This class focuses on interviewing techniques and provides participants with the knowledge and expertise necessary to conduct fair and equitable QAP interviews in accordance with CalHR regulations. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will:
Individuals who may be required to serve as a Chair on a QAP interview MUST complete this course and receive certification from an CalHR-certified course instructor. Additionally, this course is designed for examination analysts, managers, and individuals who are responsible for the development and/or administration of employment testing and selection programs.
This one-day course will provide participants with an understanding of the uses and applications of work samples and performance tests. Topics include the development, scoring, assessor/rater training, and the practical and logistical issues related to the administration of work sample and performance tests. Various testing formats will be covered, including in-basket exercises, written and oral exercises, role-play exercises and physical performances tests.
Participants will gain a foundation in the principles and techniques used to develop legally defensible work samples and performance examinations. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will be able to:
If you have a minimum of 20 participants you may schedule this course at your worksite.
This one-day course introduces the procedures and practices for developing and using structured interviews. The course will focus on the craft of developing proper interview questions and scoring criteria for a variety of job types and domains, including the use of background, knowledge, behavioral, and situational questions.
Participants will gain a foundation in the principles and techniques used to develop legally defensible and predictive structured interviews. Upon successful completion of this class, participants will be able to:
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: This presentation identifies and describes procedural requirements regarding the investigation/interrogation of a peace officer; the parameters for placing, maintaining, and reviewing documents, materials in a peace officer’s personnel file; non-interrogation rights provided to peace officers; POBR scenarios designed to give participants practical application.
To identify and discuss primary “rights” the Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights(POBR) grants peace officers.
Peace Officers, Non-Peace Officers, Supervisors, Managers, Internal Affairs Investigators, Police Command Staff and Department Heads.
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: A practical overview and update will provide tips and resources to help you comply with the law, while still managing your workforce.
Participants will review the key leave laws including the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Pregnancy Disability Leave. During this two-day course, we will discuss ways to curb FMLA/CFRA abuse and provide participants tools to help manage employees using FMLA/CFRA leave on an intermittent basis.
Additionally, this class will also provide participants with an opportunity to practice their skills and knowledge in handling complex situations involving FMLA/CFRA and other laws and regulations governing medical leave, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), by discussing and working through complicated hypothetical factual scenarios.
This training will provide information and guidance in understanding the federal and California leave laws. Learn how to identify a serious health condition, how the military leave laws have changed, and understand the changes in the Pregnancy Disability Leave laws. Understand what intermittent leave is and how to best manage it. Gain practical tips on complying with and administering the FMLA/CFRA.
Training areas include but are not limited to:
The training is provided by CalHR’s House Counsel Program and is presented by two CalHR Attorneys experienced in FMLA/CFRA, and a specialist from CalHR’s Personnel Services Branch.
Supervisors, Managers, and Human Resources Staff
12 Hours
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: This course will provide participants with basic knowledge of the internal investigation process. It will include instruction in practical investigative skills including interviewing complaints, witnesses and subjects, collecting and evaluating evidence, and writing investigative reports
Deliver a six hour training course to teach basic investigative and interviewing skills to be used in conducting internal investigations.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch. Attorneys, investigators and human resources professionals who may be assigned to conduct internal investigations.
In this interactive session, participants will follow a systematic approach to creating training programs. Through a series of practical exercises, participants will identify the need for training in the workplace, design learning methods and materials, practice facilitation skills, and evaluate their training effectiveness.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
This course is designed for training staff and those with responsibility for developing and delivering training within an organization.
$875 per participant
The Benefits Administration Training Class is intended s for new staff responsible for administering state employee benefits. The class provides an overview of numerous benefit programs through scenario based classroom training.
If your department has specific training needs, we want to hear from you. Please email your inquiry to BAMTraining@calhr.ca.gov.
Participants will learn and understand the fundamentals of health, dental, vision, retiree vision, CoBen, FlexElect reimbursement accounts, health and dental cash options, common carrier insurance, group term life insurance, long-term disability, retirement processing, and COBRA.
Upon completion of the class, participants will be able to:
The training is intended for new:
There is no cost to attend this class. You must go through your department's training request process to obtain the necessary approvals to attend class on State time. If you do not attend class or send a substitute, you will be charged a “no-show” fee of $350. However, there is no “no show” fee for webcast training. If you are not able to attend the class for which you have registered, please e-mail your cancellation request to training@calhr.ca.gov two weeks prior to the registered class. When sending a substitute, be sure to send someone based on the description as noted under the “Intended Audience”
If you need a special accommodation, you may send your requests to training@calhr.ca.gov three weeks prior to the class.
In this class you'll learn what you need to know about the state employee 401(k) and 457 plans, and be given a chance to enroll on the spot.
By the end of this workshop you will :
Understand how a 401(k) or 457 fits into your retirement plan
Learn the difference between 401(k) and 457 plans
Find out the difference between pre-tax and Roth savings
Enroll in the plan of your choice
No Cost
In this workshop you will learn the different investment options available to you through Savings Plus.
Find out how to evaluate your own time horizon and risk tolerance
Understand the difference between stocks, bonds, and short term investments
Learn about the different approaches to investing in Savings Plus
Now that retirement is right over the horizon, you will want to know all the benefits of Savings Plus that apply to you. We will discuss maximizing your Savings Plus deferrals in your last few years of employment, withdrawing your funds after retirement, and why you should keep your funds with Savings Plus after you retire.
Learn how to maximize deferrals in your final years of employment
Discover the tax consequences of making withdrawals in retirement
Find out why transferring out to an IRA might nullify many of the benefits of the state 401(k) and 457 plans
Understand the different strategies of investing after retirement
Discover the advantages of transferring your unused accumulated leave and other cashable leave credits into your Savings Plus account(s). This webinar explains how to maximize the benefits of Lump Sum Separation Pay and 457 Traditional Catch-Up.
By the end of this webinar you will:
This course provides best practices on how a manager or supervisor can effectively execute the employee’s performance appraisal and IDPs. An in-depth review of the difference and purpose of the performance appraisal and IDP will be presented. Participants will gain knowledge on documenting employee performance in the period preceding the performance appraisal, drafting the performance appraisal, IDP, and presenting the performance appraisal and/or IDP to the employee.
Participants will be able to:
State Supervisors, Managers and Human Resource Staff.
6 Hours
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel:This course provides an overview of managing state employee performance and progressive discipline through three phases: performance management phase, corrective phase, and discipline phase. It includes a supervisor’s role during the hiring and onboarding process, setting expectations, training, evaluating, and mentoring staff to ensure performance consistent with the job requirements.
This class also addresses the supervisor’s role in correcting employee performance, including counseling employees, and drafting counseling memoranda. Lastly, the class familiarizes a supervisor with the adverse action or formal discipline phase. This class complements the online CalHR’s Supervisors Guide to Addressing Poor Performance and the Virtual Help Desk for Supervisors and Managers.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch. Managers, Supervisors, Human Resources and Labor Relations staff who are involved in or require knowledge of the progressive discipline process. Employees from multiple areas of a department are encouraged to attend as a team so that everyone has the same understanding of performance management.
6.5 Hours
Data analysis is the process of describing and interpreting quantitative information. This introductory seminar will guide students through the three basic steps involved in conducting research: collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting the results.
This course is intended for Analysts.
Cost: $175 per participant
This course will provide participants with an overview of the latest developments in labor and employment Law impacting State of California personnel and those who work on state employee personnel matters. This overview will generally include an explanation and discussion of the latest court cases, administrative decisions, and state and federal legislation and regulations.
The subject matter and presentation will vary from class to class but may include the latest legal developments involving state employee discipline (including the Peace Officers Bill of Rights Act and Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act), various leaves of absence laws (including FMLA and CFRA), labor relations and collective bargaining issues, reasonable accommodation, workplace investigations, employee wage and hour matters, and workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Provide state human resources professionals with an overview of the newest cases, regulations, statutes, and other developments affecting their work on personnel matters.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch. Attorneys, supervisors, and managers who are responsible for or provide advice on state employee personnel matters.
$90 per participant
Your choice on when to file for Social Security could increase your annual benefit by as much as 76%. That is why it is the choice of a lifetime. Learn key filing rules and strategies so you can make the choice that fits with your overall retirement income plan.
Discover the advantages of budgeting, eliminating debt, saving for emergencies and investing to achieve and maintain a brighter financial future.
Take the steps to create a budget
Find out how to tackle debt
Learn how to save for the future
Turn your debt payments into retirement contributions.
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: This course will provide participants with an understanding of the rules of the California Style Manual. the official guide for styling citations in California courts and administrative filings.
The course will review standard legal citations for all types of primary and secondary authorities, including cases, constitutions, statues, rules, treatises and administrative law decisions. It will also cover basic grammar mechanics, such as rules for capitalization, quotes, numbers, italics, and punctuation.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch. Classes are intended for State legal professionals, such as attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries and analysts.
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: A practical overview and update that will provide tips and resources to help you comply with the law, while still managing your workforce. Participants will review the key leave laws including the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and Pregnancy Disability Leave. During these training sessions we will discuss ways to curb FMLA/CFRA abuse and provide participants tools to help manage employees using FMLA/CFRA leave on an intermittent basis. Additionally, this class will also provide participants with an opportunity to practice their skills and knowledge in handling complex situations involving FMLA and CFRA through in-depth group discussions. Participants will explore complex fact patterns involving management concerns, compliance issues, and the overlap between FMLA/CFRA and other laws and regulations governing medical leave, including the American with Disability Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by discussing and working through complicated hypothetical factual scenarios.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch. Supervisors, Managers, and Human Resources Staff.
In this class you'll learn what you need to know about the state employee's 401(k) and 457 plans.
No matter where you work, you report to someone, and that is arguably the most important relationship in the organization because of its impact on you and those around you. To have a working relationship in which your ideas are heard and respected, it is necessary to consciously invest in it, and this course will help you with the necessary strategies and tools.
This course is designed for anyone with a boss: analysts, supervisors, and managers.
Cost:$175
Being a contributing team member, supervisor, or leader in today’s fast-paced world is challenging. If we listen to the feedback from the vast majority of private and public organizations, many individuals are struggling to cope with the increasing demands of the workplace. This course offers an understanding of the elements of resilience and provides practical tools to enable the participant to be personally and professionally resilient in the face of organizational challenges and to serve as a model for peers or those supervised or led in the workplace.
This course is appropriate for anyone in the workplace that leads organizational efforts, supervises others, or contributes as a team member facing the challenges of a demanding workplace.
This challenging and interactive workshop with help participants develop their ability to understand and apply principles of ethical decision making to real-life public sector situations. Many decision makers can identify the ethical or “correct” decision in a typical classroom setting, but “real-life” decision making is often more complex and problematic. Cognitive bias can often cause us to make decisions that run contrary to our consciously held beliefs or to make flawed decisions that undermine our personal goals and/or the goals of our organization. This course explores the impact of cognitive bias on our ethical decision making process, then identifies de-biasing strategies, tools, and a process to improve decision making.
This course is targeted to a supervisory, managerial, or executive audience, but would be appropriate for anyone who leads teams of employees or aspires to do so.
The interactive workshop offers a new way to motivate and engage employees and even clients to do what is best for them. Organizations (public and private) employ nudging techniques to increase the application of training, boost participation in change efforts, reduce negative behaviors, and influence actions that directly affect enterprise-level metrics. Nudging is inexpensive, scalable, and based upon proven science and field-tested workplace trials.
The “Nudge” approach uses an understanding of people’s cognitive biases (such as procrastination, avoidance, loss aversion, and many others) to change behavior and improve organizational outcomes. The technique can be used by employees at any level in the organization to achieve positive and long lasting results.
This workshop is ideal for forward employees, supervisors, or managers who are searching for ways to improve organizational results by influencing decision making at any level in the organization.
This full-day course is designed to provide participants with instruction on the process of initiating, drafting and service of personnel action, including Notices of Adverse Action, Rejections During Probation, and Non-Punitive Terminations. The course will begin with determining when a personnel action may be appropriate and walks participants through the personnel action process until the filing and service of the action. The course will primarily focus on drafting and style techniques for writing the action itself.
Now that retirement is right over the horizon, you'll want to know all the benefits of Savings Plus that apply to you. We'll discuss maximizing your Savings Plus deferrals in your last few years of employment, withdrawing your funds after retirement, and why you should keep your funds with Savings Plus after you retire.
This exciting new executive education program is designed to meet the 20 hour training needs of newly appointed Career Executive Assignment (CEA or equivalent). Please read our updated course description below.
Serving the diverse and ever changing needs of California citizens requires innovative thinking, team building, and incredible leadership. The California Executive Development Program develops innovative executives to deliver exceptional results to California. By the end of this program you will be able to apply critical skills to lead divisions, build a resilient culture, lead change effectively, and develop the states most important resource: our people.
Throughout the Executive Development Program, CEAs will be partnered with both an accountability partner and a CEA mentor. California Leadership Academy’s Executive Development Program cohorts are designed for the busy executive in mind. Our immersive approach ensures that executives not only learn from a lesson plan but from the experience of others. Together, we ensure that our executives are able to meet 21st century challenges and succeed in our rapidly evolving leadership environment.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
Day 1, 3 and 5 will be completed via an interactive webinar.
Day 2 and 4 will take place in person in Sacramento.
Executives (CEA or equivalent) appointed after June 27, 2016.
$1,500 per participant
This course leverages the science of rapt attention to provide methods and tools for overcoming cognitive overload. It provides a means to recover the many abilities we need to flourish in the workplace. We are distracted, overloaded, and it is having an adverse effect on our productivity and happiness. We are bombarded by information and the effect is dramatic; it lessens our ability to concentrate, learn, be creative, solve problems, and make good decisions. This course is what you need to survive and thrive in the modern information overloaded workplace.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
This course is designed for any employee (from analyst to manager) who wants to learn how to deflect excess information and focus on building rapt attention.
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: This full-day course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the types of information employers can require from applicants and employees. The course will focus on what medical information can be requested from applicants during the application and interview process, from an applicant after an offer is accepted, and from an employee after appointment. The course will also discuss the reasonable accommodation process for employees and applicants.
State employees in the Executive Branch, Supervisors, Managers, Reasonable Accommodation Coordinators, EEO Officers, Attorneys, and Human Resources Staff.
Presented by CalHR Legal Division House Counsel: This is a course on the state’s probationary period, and how and why a department can and should reject an employee during probation when appropriate.
This class is open to State employees in the Executive Branch:
This offering is for only Air Resources Board Employees. Managers, Supervisors, Human Resources and Labor Relations staff who are involved in or require knowledge of the progressive discipline process. Employees from multiple areas of a department are encouraged to attend as a team so that everyone has the same understanding of performance management.
$155 per participant
This course is intended to prepare Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) personnel to use the Discrimination Complaint Tracking System (DCTS); a comprehensive case management tool designed to allow users to enter and track complaint data.
This course is for EEO Officers, EEO Investigators and other approved users responsible for entering and tracking discrimination and harassment complaints in the DCTS.
Free
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