9.1

Question 1

What is the current Per Diem daily rate, including all meals and incidentals?

Answer 1

Breakfast $ 16.00
Lunch $19.00
Dinner $28.00
Incidentals $ 5.00
Total $68.00 1st & Last Day Up to $51

Question 2

California Highway Patrol management administers contracts in ____ of the ____ bargaining units and shall apply and enforce the terms of these contracts.

Answer 2

12 of the 21 (HPM 9.1 1-5)

Question 3

The Department now has the right to require an employee who has accrued Compensating Time Off (CTO) to the maximum cap of ___ hours to burn off up to ___ hours of CTO, provided the Department gives the employee at least ___ hours’ notice of the days the employee will be required to take as CTO days. The “notice” should be in the form of an __________ or _____________ to the employee.

Answer 3

480 / 24 / 24 / email or memorandum HPM 9.1, 1-7
The Department can require the employee to burn off more than 24 hours of CTO if the anticipated need for a particular employee to work overtime exceeds 24 hours.

Question 4

Under the Dills Act, represented employees have the right to be represented by their exclusive representative regarding:

Answer 4

wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. HPM 9.1 2-4

Question 5

“Represented employee” means an employee who is not designated as ____, ____, ____, or ______under the Dills Act. Another name for represented employee is ___ ____ employee.

Answer 5

supervisory, managerial, confidential, or excluded / rank-and- file (HPM 9.1 2-5)

Question 6

What does POBR stand for?

Answer 6

Public Safety Officers’ Procedural Bill of Rights (9.1, 2-5)

Question 7

If there is a conflict between departmental policy and the provisions of a negotiated contract (MOU), the ____________ shall be controlling.

Answer 7

Contract HPM 9.1 2-6

Question 8

Who are excluded employees?

Answer 8

Managerial employees
Confidential employees
Supervisory employees
Other excluded employees HPM 9.1 2-6/2-7

Question 9

What shall be the primary consideration when approving requests for the use of release time? The use of release time for employee representational matters may only be granted when?

Answer 9

The needs of the command. During an employee’s working hours. (HPM 9.1 6-3)

Question 10

Who has the authority to deny a request for state release time?

Answer 10

An employee’s supervisor. (HPM 9.1 6-4)
Permitting or denying state release time shall be consistent with the contract and departmental policy.

Question 11

When the representative has not been designated by an employee organization, is the employee and his representative entitled state release time for preparation?

Answer 11

No. neither the employee nor the representative receives state release time for preparation (HPM 9.1 6-6)
If management elects to call a meeting to discuss the grievance or complaint, both departmental employees receive state release time to meet with management

Question 12

Self-Representation. An employee who is representing themself in a grievance or complaint ____________________ the right to state release time for preparation.

Answer 12

Does not have / HPM 9.1 Pg 6-7
Time off for self-representation is limited only to a reasonable amount of time, as determined by management, to meet with management. It does not include preparation or investigative time.

Question 13

What is the difference between a grievance and a complaint?

Answer 13

The complaint procedure for represented employees settles disputes over policy or procedures.
A represented employee grievance alleges a violation of the contract. HPM 9.1 7-3

Question 14

What are examples of represented employee grievances?

Answer 14

(1) Denial of representation during the grievance procedure.
(2) Denial of overtime compensation provided by the contract.
(3) Annual Performance Evaluations. HPM 9.1 7-3

Question 15

Examples of represented employee complaints are:

Answer 15

(1) Allegation that an officer must work a graveyard shift alone.
(2) Denial of hardship transfer. HPM 9.1 7-3

Question 16

The first step to initiate the grievance/complaint procedure is an informal discussion between the employee and the employee’s _________.

Answer 16

Immediate supervisor (9.1, 7-5)

Question 17

Elements of a Formal Grievance/Complaint. The following information must be included on a formal grievance/complaint:

Answer 17

Alleged violation - specific provision or policy violated.
Statement of the problem.
Proposed remedy. HPM 9.1 7-7

Question 18

Grievance records shall be retained at the affected command for a period of_____year(s) following the date of the final action.
Complaint records shall be retained in the affected command for a period of _____ year(s) following the date of the final action.

Answer 18

three / one HPM 9.1 7-12

Question 19

T/F At any time during the grievance process, the grievant may withdraw their complaint and refile the same complaint/grievance at a later date.

Answer 19

False-A grievant may withdraw a grievance at any time; however,
they shall not file a subsequent grievance on the same alleged incident or
issue. HPM 9.1 8-6

Question 20

For Bargaining Unit 5 employees, a commander is obligated to meet-and-confer with a CAHP representative over the findings of a citizen’s complaint investigation or regarding any comment on performance documents (i.e., CHP 100s forms,, Memorandums of Direction, Correction or Findings, Censurable Incident Report), IF REQUESTED. This is known as __________________.

Answer 20

Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) process. Annual evaluations (CHP 118s) are excluded from this process. The purpose of such a meeting is to resolve disputes through an informal process at the lowest possible level. (HPM 9.1, 11-4)

Question 21

Only the following are considered specialty pay positions:

Answer 21

Pilot or flight officer positions.
Investigator positions (Vehicle Theft Investigator or Fraud Investigator).
Motorcycle assignments.
Bilingual positions. HPM 9.1 14-4

Question 22

Prior to removing an employee for cause from any specialty pay position, approval must be obtained from _______________, through channels.

Answer 22

the appropriate Assistant Commissioner HPM 9.1 14-4

Question 23

An employee removed from a specialty pay position is entitled to a(n)________________ if desired.

Answer 23

administrative hearing HPM 9.1 14-5
Upon such an appeal, the employee will attempt to demonstrate that the action taken by the Department was inappropriate and the specialty pay position should be restored.

Question 24

Expressing support for a particular employee organization during a decertification election is an example of what?

Answer 24

Unfair Labor Practice (know all the examples) HPM 9.1, 12-3