Leave & Attendance
Both annual and sick leave must be applied for and tracked in increments of this specific length of time.
What is 6 minutes.
Per Youth Services Policy No. A.2.40, a standard probational appointment lasts for exactly this amount of time before permanent status is achieved .
What is One (1) year .
Spouses and children of YS employees are eligible to join either of these two designated credit unions .
What is Department of Corrections Credit Union (DOCCU) and LaCapitol Federal Credit Union (LaCap) .
True or False: As a classified Civil Service employee, it is completely acceptable to display a political campaign sticker on your personal vehicle.
What is False. (Displaying political stickers on a personal car is a prohibited activity.)
To start a formal grievance process (Step 1), an employee must submit their issue to their supervisor within how many calendar days from the date the incident occurred?
What is 14 calendar days.
If you need to take a sick day, the payroll system will automatically exhaust this type of earned leave balance before touching your accrued sick leave
What is K-Time
This temporary assignment allows an employee to perform the duties of another position, but it cannot exceed one year without the State Civil Service Director's approval .
What is Detail to Special Duty .
Because of a federal mandate from 1986 (COBRA), payment into this specific medical coverage tax is completely mandatory for all newly hired state employees.
What is Medicare.
Name two popular social media platforms mentioned in the manual where you are explicitly prohibited from "Liking" or "Following" a political candidate's campaign.
What is Facebook and Twitter.
Step 1 begins with a verbal discussion. If the supervisor cannot resolve the issue verbally, they must provide a written decision to the employee within how many working days?
What is 5 working days.
Probationary and permanent employees are allowed up to this amount of days of paid funeral leave for immediate family
What is 2 days
A former permanent employee who resigned in good standing can be non-competitively reemployed within this many years, provided they qualify for the job.
Ten (10) years.
This program allows eligible insurance premiums and medical expenses to be taken out of your paycheck before taxes, increasing your net take-home pay.
Tax-Free Flexible Benefits Plan (Flex Plan / Premium Conversion).
While agency grievances are handled internally, permanent employee dismissals, layoffs, or cases of discrimination must be appealed directly to this entity.
What is The Civil Service Commission.
If the employee is unsatisfied with the supervisor's Step 1 written decision, how many calendar days do they have to elevate the matter in writing to Step 2 (the Section Head/Regional Manager)?
What is 7 calendar days.
This is the maximum number of working days per calendar year that an eligible employee can receive military leave with pay.
What is 15 working days
A classified "When Actually Employed" (WAE) appointee is strictly restricted to working a maximum of this many hours during a 12-month period.
What is 1,245 hours.
If you are hired on June 2nd, your group health and life insurance coverage will officially become effective on this specific date.
August 1st (Coverage begins the first day of the month following one full month of employment) .
If an employee wants to contest a denied promotion because they believe they are simply better qualified than the person chosen, should they file an Internal Agency Grievance or an Appeal to the Civil Service Commission?
Internal Agency Grievance (Appeals to the Commission for promotions are only for when the selected person did not meet minimum qualifications).
At Step 3, the grievance goes to the Deputy Secretary (or their designee). After receiving the grievance, the Deputy Secretary has exactly how many days to hold a hearing or issue a final agency decision?
What is 15 working days.
Under Enforced Annual Leave rules, an appointing authority can force an employee to take annual leave, but they cannot force you to reduce your accrued annual leave balance to less than this many hours (unless it is for specific FMLA, LWOP, or layoff situations).
What is The 240-Hour Threshold
If a permanent employee is appointed to a brand new position following certification from an open competitive eligible list, they must serve a new probationary period that falls within what specific minimum and maximum month range?
No less than six (6) months and no more than twenty-four (24) months.
If a regular member chooses the Initial Benefit Option (IBO) at retirement to receive a lump-sum payment of up to 36 months, they are strictly prohibited from selecting this specific standard retirement option.
What is Option 1.
To protect employee identities while allowing them to report issues to management that need investigation, the manual provides a specific, toll-free OJJ Employee Hotline. What is the exact 1-800 phone number listed?
What is 1.800.626.1430.
When multiple employees experience the exact same grievance issue (such as a shared facility policy dispute), they can file a "Group Grievance." To do this, the group must designate a maximum of how many spokespeople to represent them throughout the hearings?
What is 3 employees.