Association of California Community College Administrators Administration 101 Summer 2006

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Association of California Community College
AdministratorsAdministration 101Summer 2006

• A Managers Employment Primer
• Summary of a Presentation given by Mary L.
  Dowell,Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, submitted by
  Joi Blake

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Topics Covered

• Management Rights and Past Practice
• Handling an Employee Grievance
• Employee Performance Evaluations
• Personnel Files
• Implementing Discipline
• Discrimination Issues

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Management Rights and Past Practice

• Discussed Role of Management
• Set standards, methods of operation
• Hire, promote transfer, assign, etc
• Discipline
• Establish Standards of Productivity
• Past Practice
• Definition An ongoing reaction to recurring
  types of situations having mutual acceptance by
  both labor and management.

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Handling an Employee Grievance

• Practical Advise
• Prepare for meeting
• Listen carefully
• Get the facts/investigate
• Give your answer
• Follow-up
• Attempt to develop a positive relationship with
  the union representative.

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Employee Performance Evaluations

• Two Primary Purposes
• Communicating to Employee How He/She is Doing.
• Documenting Performance for the Time Period Since
  Last Review
• Key Points No Surprises
• Document and Communicate
• Apply Proper Criteria
• Cover the Appropriate Time
  Frame

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Personnel Files

• Reviewed which information is maintained in
  files.
• Proper procedures for reviewing files
• Disclosure of medical information
• Reviewed Education Code 87031
• Inspection Guidelines

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Implementing Discipline

• Policies and Procedures that pertain to each
  employee group
• Reviewed Education Codes 88013(c,d), 87732,
  87608.5, 87609,72411, 72411.5

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Discrimination Issues

• Federal and State Laws Prohibiting Discrimination
• Forms of Harassment Discrimination
• Quid Pro Quo
• No Retaliation
• Preventing Discrimination