State HR Professionals

January 7, 2025. ​​For 2025, the monthly limit for a Third-Party Pre-Tax Parking Reimbursement Account Program​ deduction from an employee's income to pay for qualified parking will be $325. This amount is an increase of $10 over the limit of $315 in effect for the year 2024.​

April 9, 2024. Effective March 28, 2024, dental (STD-692) and vision (STD-700 and CalHR-774) enrollment forms will have the ‘Disabled Child’ added to the enrollment forms. All dependents certified as a Disabled Dependent should be identified with the dependent type ‘Disabled Child’ when enrolling in benefits. ​

March 14, 2024. Effective January 1, 2024, the State implemented increases to meal and short-term lodging expense reimbursement rates within the existing business and travel reimbursement policy (CalHR Manual Section 2203) for all excluded state employees as well as all rank and file state employees (pursuant to the Memorandums of Understanding) on authorized travel status. 

CalHR has updated CalHR Manual Section 2203 to provide additional clarification regarding the above changes that took effect on January 1, 2024. State Controller's Office (SCO) CalATERS Global has been configured to accept these changes. Please reference CalATERS Global Letter #24-001 for specific processing information.

In addition, effective January 1, 2024, for travel that occurs on or after January 1, 2024, CalHR has updated the receipt policy for meal and incidental expenses in CalHR Manual Section 2203. SCO is taking the necessary steps to implement this change in CalATERS. SCO will release additional communications upon completion of related system updates.

CalHR's Travel Reimbursements page provides general information. To learn more about this and upcoming changes to the travel program, please see CalHR's Travel Frequently Asked Questions page.​