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January, 1973 The OSEA News Page 5 • Inquiring Photographer What's Been Your Experience with the New Work Plan and Performance Appraisal System? (Asked of state employes in the Portland metropolitan area) DAVID D. SAUNDERS Service Worker Children's Services Division What work plan? I was recently given a m erit rating under the old system. At that tim e I was told my supervisor would sit down with me sometime prior to July 1 and together we would develop a work plan. I really don't know much about the new system. All I've heard are rumors. I think It would help morale If employes could be briefed about the new system as supervisors were recently. KRISTI DIGITALE Clerk-Typist Health Division I've only worked for the State of Oregon for two months so perhaps I'm not the best person to ask that question. However, what little I know of the work plan and performance appraisal system I like because I know exactly what's ex pected of me. I think It w ill serve as a reasonable method to determine whether or not to grant a m erit pay Increase. JEAN RUNYEN Administrative Assistant Public Welfare Division My experience has been very good. For the first tim e since I've worked for this agency I know exactly what my responsibilities are, thanks to my work plan. I think the new performance ap praisal system w ill prove to be better than the old m erit rating system for the clerical employes 1 supervise. Of course, I cannot say how It w ill affect the other classifications In state service. WALTER DREGER Custodian UO Dental School All I know about the new performance appraisal system Is what I've heard through the grapevine. As far as I know I don't have a work plan. I really don't know anything about It. There seems to be a lot of confusion among employes over the new system. We've all heard rumors. I think It would be helpful If it could be explained In a meeting of all employes. JIM BAER Institution Worker HELEN WRIGHT Secretary Health Division I think I'm going to like it. I say that because under the new system I can set definite goals. I also like It because It s p e c ific a lly —In w r itin g —outlines the duties and responsibilities of my job. After a period of time I can look back and see how close I am to reaching the goals I have set. I think the work plan w ill create more Incentive among employes to do a better job. UO Medical School I've worked here 15 months and I've never heard of a work plan or the new performance appraisal system. When I was hired I was told In general terms what was expected of me. But I've never siat down with my supervisor and discussed a work plan or a performance appraisal system. As far as I know my m erit rating due next March w ill be based on the present system. tar LIFE WITH OTHERS California Earmarks *500,000 for Political Action Delegates to the 42nd General Council of the C alifornia State Employes Association voted to earmark $500,000 a year of dues Income for political ac tivities. Delegates voted to set aside 50-cents a month from each member's dues to go Into CSEA's political action fund. The vote was taken after several of the state's top p o litic a l leaders urged the Association to become more active in the selection of "frie n d ly " legislators and state officers. "This action by delegates Indicates that CSEA w ill continue to move fo r ward, that we w ill not retrench—as some have suggested we might—and that we have a strong, healthy and unified organization," LeRoy A. Pemberton, who was re-elected to his second term as president of the 107,000_-member Association, said. Delegates also approved a change In CSEA's constitution to allow either the Board of Directors or the General Council to decide which candidates to support through the fund. "The criteria for determining which candidates receive CSEA s u p p o rt,'' Pemberton said, "w ill be based solely on their attitudes toward state employes without regard to political party af filiation. We know we have friends on both sides of the asile." Pemberton said If a CSEA member doesn't want his money used for politics, he must notify the Association and his dues dollars w ill be transferred Into the operations budget. MAINE The Maine State Employes Association has adopted the following six-point legislative program which It w ill submit to the coming session of the state legislature: (1) A five per cent pay raise for 1973-74, followed by a five per cent hike In 1974-75. MSEA wants all employes to receive the adjustment. (2) A change In the retirement system from the l-60th to the l-50th formula and an Increase In the pension minimum from $80 to $100 a month. (3) Payment of 100 per cent of the cost of state employe group health Insurance by the State of Maine. (4) A night shift pay differential for state employes who work other than the regular day shift. (5) A change In the retirement system to permit state employes to take their m ilitary service credit at the time of retirement If at that time they have 10 years of creditable service In the system. (6) Adoption of a collective bargaining law for state and university employes. FLORIDA The F lorida Supreme Court has warned the state legislature that If statutory guidelines for public employe collective bargaining are not set "within a reasonable tim e," It w ill have no choice but to fashion standards by judicial decree to meet a constitutional requirement granting Florida public employes the right to bargain collec tively. IOWA The State of Iowa Employes Association sponsored a series of meetings between Its members and candidates for the state, legislature prior to the election. SIEA said It held the meetings "to provide face-to-face dialogue on working conditions In state employment." CONNECTICUT The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, under Intense pressure from the Connecticut State Employés Association, students, legislators and others, has agreed to take no action on contracting out the university's food service operation until CSEA has had an opportunity to present Its arguments against the plan to the board. MONTANA The Montana Public Employes Association recently surveyed Its members to learn which fringe benefits are most Important to them. Employes listed the following fringe benefits In order of Importance: (1) Statewide health Insurance, (2) Increased m ileage and per diem allowances, (3) Improvements In the m erit system, (4) retirement after 30 years of service, (5) cost of living ad justment for those employes already retired, (6) unemployment Insurance for public employes, (7) refund of Interest during the first 10 years In the retirement system, (8) collective bargaining for public employes, and (9) m ilitary service credit for retirement. ALASKA The Alaska Public Employes Association Is polling Its membership to learn If members want a $1.00 per month dues Increase to provide legal representation, tra v e l expenses to negotiate collective bargaining con tracts, creation of a permanent staff position In F airbanks, new office equipment and a retirement fund for the APE A staff.
