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Earlier this month, CDCR and CCHCS published a memo regarding a temporary hiring freeze for certain classifications in certain facilities that will last at least thirty days. This temporary freeze is necessary for the department to carry out their pre-mitigation activities. It was brought to our attention that this memo was not distributed to impacted employees in a broad capacity.

We are very appreciative to those of you who made time to attend one of our virtual informational meetings regarding the DVI closure process, as well as to all of you who reached out via email for information. Others share many of the questions we received, so we put together answers from the department to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding the closure. 

1. Are work chairs allowed to come home with employees while teleworking?

If the employee has a “ergonomic chair”, which is defined as a chair that was provided as part of a reasonable accommodation then yes, the employee can take that chair home for telework.

Local 1000’s bargaining team went back to the table with state negotiators on Tuesday, June 2, with a counter-proposal that would reduce current payroll costs by 10 percent.

On Friday, June 12, 2020, the Union met virtually with CDPH management/HR about several HFEN concerns and we wanted to give you an update. 

Q: If HFENs will be assisting with COVID testing, will there be proper training?

On Friday June 5, Local 1000’s bargaining team returned to the table with state negotiators and received the state’s reply to the Union’s June 2^rd cost savings counter-proposal.   

The state’s response included a rejection of much of what Local 1000 had proposed. The state refused to move on their two days a month PLP proposal and rejected a number of counter provisions submitted by the bargaining team to significantly reduce the economic impact of the state’s proposal on our members.  

On Friday, May 29, 2020, Local 1000’s bargaining team returned to the table with state negotiators and received the state’s first proposal which outlined a 9.23 percent pay cut.

The state’s proposal would use a Personal Leave Program (PLP) to achieve the payroll reduction. The PLP would take the form of a two-day or 16 hour a month reduction in this fiscal year and would end with the June 2021 pay period.

Learn about how California’s Aerosol Transmissible Disease (ATD) standard protects us from the novel COVID-19 Virus.

In 2009, a new California occupational health standard was adopted to protect nurses and other healthcare workers from infectious agents such as tuberculosis, measles, and pandemic flu, as well as novel diseases such as COVID-19. The Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Disease (ATD) Standard is an enforceable regulation that applies in healthcare, corrections, and other high-risk environments.