CalHR Publications

​​​​ Employees | HR Pros 

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Employees

• AWWS - Calendars for Alternate Work Week Schedules 

• Become an Analyst | Become an Analyst - Text Only (RTF) - A guide to help you develop your analyst skills
  

• Consolidated Benefits (CoBen) 2023 Consolidated Benefits Handbook - for excluded employees and eligible represented employees in bargaining units 2, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, and 19, choose your health and dental benefits; receive cash back in lieu of benefits if you have other insurance
  

• Consolidated Benefits (CoBen) 2024 Consolidated Benefits Handbook - for excluded employees and eligible represented employees in bargaining units 2, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, and 19, choose your health and dental benefits; receive cash back in lieu of benefits if you have other insurance 

• Cash Options (CoBen) - ​2023 Consolidated Benefits Handbook - receive cash back in lieu of health and dental benefits if you have other insurance​
  

• Cash Options (CoBen) - ​2024 Consolidated Benefits Handbook​ - receive cash back in lieu of health and dental benefits if you have other insurance
  

• Cash Options (Non-CoBen) - 2023 FlexElect Handbook ​- receive cash back in lieu of health and dental benefits if you have other insurance

• Cash Options (Non-CoBen) - 2024 FlexElect Handbook ​- receive cash back in lieu of health and dental benefits if you have other insurance

• Compensation Plus - A summary of benefits for managers, supervisors, confidential, and other excluded employees
  

• Dental Benefits - 2024 Dental Benefits for Active Employees 
  

• Exam Bulletins - search State employment exams and job vacancies

• FlexElect Reimbursement Accounts - 2024 FlexElect Handbook ​| Benefit available to employees for paying out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses with pre-tax income

• Military Leave Handbook -  index with links to additional military leave information

• Job Descriptions - definitions of State job classifications, minimum qualifications, and typical tasks performed in each position

• New Employee Benefits Orientation - benefits orientation for new state employees
  

• Planning Ahead | Planning Ahead - Text Only (RTF) a guide for survivors and beneficiaries of active state employees | Vital Information Form

• State Employee Benefits Quick Reference Guide - summary of all your state employee benefits along with where to look and who to contact if you have questions

• Supplementing Industrial Disability Leave - salary continuation benefit for eligible employees with a work-related disability

• Supplementing Temporary Disability | Supplementing Temporary Disability - Text Only (RTF)- temporary disability benefit for eligible employees with a work-related disability
  

• Merit Award Program - a program that rewards employees for money-saving suggestions; contact CalHR's Merit Award Program publisher for copies 
  

Retirees

• ​2024 Dental Benefits for Retired Employees  

Savings Plus

Visit the Savings Plus website to get Savings Plus publications.   

HR Pros

AWWS Calendars

• Calendars for Alternate Work Week Schedules  

​EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

• Employee Assistance Program Supervisors Handbook - EAP may be used to help you develop as a manager/supervisor and also to assist your staff as they navigate through the ups and downs of life. This guide outlines the services available to you as well as those you can recommend to your staff​

Executive Reports

• Civil Service Report - 2017 PDF | RTF
• Compensation Surveys
  
• Director's Report - 2017 PDF​
  
• Executive Overview of the California State Personnel Management System - general information on the State's personnel system

General

• Benefits Administration Manual - assists departmental personnel offices in administering various benefits
• Civil Service Pay Scales - current pay information
• Workforce Planning Model and Guide - planning for the right people in the right jobs at the right time

Merit Award Program:

• Merit Award Prog​ram
  

SROA and Layoff

• California Civil Service Layoff Manual - guidelines for implementing staffing reductions
• Rights and Options upon Termination of an Exempt or CEA Appointment | Rights and Options upon Termination of an Exempt or CEA Appointment text only​​ - Text Only (RTF)- essential information for separating Exempt and CEA appointees
• SROA web pages | SROA Manual (CalHR 2004) | SROA Manual (CalHR 2004) - Text Only (RTF) - guidelines for implementing SROA process

Staff Development

• Become an Analyst | Become an Analyst - Text Only (RTF) - A guide to help you develop your analyst skills - guidelines and advice to help you develop your staff into analysts

Supervisors

•  CalHR's Supervisors Guide
  
  

Workplace Viole​nce Prevention

• Model Workplace Violence Prevention Program - model Workplace Violence Prevention program 

Workforce Planning

• Statewide Workforce Planning Unit Resources - tools to assist in developing and evaluating a workforce plan
  
  
  
  
  
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