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
  

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

• Exam Bulletins - search State employment exams and job vacancies
  

• 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​
  

• 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 

• ​​​​​Virtual Library​ - A place to access information about benefit plan options which include new features, enhancements and costs​

Retirees

• ​​​​​Virtual Library​ - A place to access information about benefit plan options which include new features, enhancements and costs​

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​
  
  

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