To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Authorize one-time payment for Shao-Lan Lew-Smith for Previous Time Volunteered for Additional Shifts for Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Child Welfare Services (CWS)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize an exception to Humboldt County Compensation Plan for Designated Management & Confidential Employees (M&C), section 8, and the Humboldt County Salary Resolution, section 9A (11), by authorizing 27 hours of overtime pay for M&C employee Shao-Lan Lew-Smith.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund - Child Welfare Services 1160-508-1460
DISCUSSION:
Shao-Lan Lew-Smith has volunteered for additional shifts in CWS when additional staff are needed to watch at-risk Youth in Office (YIO). Shao-Lan Lew-Smith volunteered for these shifts in her previous position as a Deputy Public Guardian-Conservator I/II and was paid accordingly falling under the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Once Shao-Lan Lew-Smith promoted to Assistant Public Guardian, her bargaining unit changed to Management & Confidential (M&C).
In her new classification, Shao-Lan volunteered for two additional shifts, not aware that overtime payment is not authorized under the M&C Compensation Plan and under the impression that she would be paid overtime based upon the information provided to her. As an M&C employee, Ms. Lew-Smith volunteered for these shifts on June 25, 2023 and June 26, 2023 for a total of 12 hours in pay period 2301014. Due to administrative error, these 12 hours of overtime were paid to Ms. Lew-Smith in the amount of $533.35 before the administrative error was identified. Subsequently, Ms. Lew-Smith worked additional volunteer shifts on July 13, 2023 and July 14, 2023 for a total of 15 hours in pay period 2301015. Dur...
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