In February 2016, the County entered into an agreement with Origami Risk to develop a Risk Management Information System (RMIS) that will enable us to assist in the administration of our Workers' Compensation, Auto, General Liability, Property, Medical Malpractice, ADA, Intermittent Leave and Occupational Health. The RMIS will enable us to import data and information from our Third Party Administrators and combine all losses in a comprehensive platform where we can track and monitor them from a high-level financial perspective using built-in claims analysis and reporting tools. The RMIS will allow us to document activity,...

As part of the Agile Organization initiative adopted by the Board in March 2013 the County introduced the “limited term” employment type to provide departments with more flexibility in hiring staff to meet service needs specific to short-term special projects, backfilling temporary absence of incumbent, intermittent work, or temporary increases in workload.  With the Board’s adoption of the new extra-help agreements with AFSCME and SEIU, the pilot program cap of 73 limited term positions has been eliminated.  The process for requesting limited term, as well as the criteria for determining need for limited term...

Congratulations are in order for the eight members of our Personnel Services Division who graduated from the Northern California Chapter of the International Public Management Association-Human Resources (IPMA-HR) "Developing Competencies for HR Success" training program.  The 3-day program covered competencies required to be a successful HR Expert, Leader, Business Partner, and Change Agent.

Our team members will now prepare to take the examination to achieve the highly-regarded designation of IPMA-CP (Certified Professional).