File #: 20-1615    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 12/8/2020 In control: Human Resources
On agenda: 12/15/2020 Final action: 12/15/2020
Title: Extension of Extra-Help Hours - Personnel (130) (4/5 Vote Required)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Human Resources

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Extension of Extra-Help Hours - Personnel (130) (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Extend Carolann Aggeler extra-help employment of 960 hours to a maximum of 1,680 hours for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 pursuant to Section 7 of the Humboldt County Salary Resolution (4/5 Vote Required).

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
HR - Personnel (1100130)

DISCUSSION:
Ms. Carolann Aggeler has been working as an extra-help employee during the current fiscal year due to staff shortages resulting from leaves of absence. As of December 3, 2020, Ms. Aggeler has worked a total of 820 hours. Human Resources is requesting an extension of hours for the remainder of the fiscal year. Extra help is needed to handle the day-to-day operations of the payroll services provided within the Department of Human Resources. The extension of the extra help hours is necessary to maintain the level of service and manage the workload during the remainder of the fiscal year.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Estimated maximum salary and benefit costs for the requested extension of extra-help hours is $16,052. There is a sufficient allocation in the Salaries and Employee Benefits category, due to unanticipated vacancies and leaves, budgeted in Personnel (1100130) to accommodate the increase in hours.

All extra help employees working beyond the 960 hours are subject to paying into the California
Public Employee Retirement System (PERS). The additional costs for PERS have been included in the above-mentioned estimated salary cost.

Beginning January 2015, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required large employers with fifty (50) or more full-time employees to offer health coverage to all full-time employees. A full-time employee is defined as a person who is employed for an average of thirty or more hours per week. The Human Resources Department is aware of these 2015 fede...

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