Publications

Your personnel office can provide printed copies of many of these publications.

To find bargaining unit contracts, please visit our Contracts page.

To find forms, please visit our Forms page.

Categories

For Employees

• Benefits
• Savings Plus Program

For HR Staff, Supervisors, and Managers

• Executive Reports
• General
• Merit Award Program
• Savings Plus Program
• SROA and Layoff
• Wellness
• Workers' Compensation

For Employees

Benefits

• 2008 State Employee Benefits Quick Reference Guide (43 KB PDF) - summary of all your State employee benefits along with where to look and who to contact if you have questions
• Benefit News - latest news on employee benefits
• Compensation Plus (99 KB PDF) - benefits for managers, supervisors, confidential, and other excluded employees
• Consolidated Benefits (458 KB PDF) - CoBen coverage for health, dental, and vision benefits for eligible employees
• Dental Benefits Handbook for Active and Retired Employees (176 KB PDF)
• Employee Assistance Program (90 KB PDF) - describes counseling available for dealing with personal issues that interfere with work
• FlexElect - 2008 Plan Year (3 MB PDF) | 2007 Plan Year (2 MB PDF) - benefit available to employees for paying out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses with pre-tax income, and option to receive cash in lieu of health and/or dental coverage
• New Employee Handbook (HTML) - orientation for new State employees
• Orientation for the State Employee (59 KB PDF) | 97 KB Word Document - orientation for new State employees
• Planning Ahead (68 KB PDF) - what your beneficiary needs to know if you die while an active State employee
• Supplementing Industrial Disability Leave (40 KB Word Document) - salary continuation benefit for eligible employees with a work-related disability.
• Supplementing Temporary Disability (38 KB Word Document) - temporary disability benefit for eligible employees with a work-related disability.
• Group Legal Plan - available from departmental personnel offices
• Worker's Compensation - I've Just Been Injured on the Job, What Happens Now? (32 KB Word Document)
• Long-Term Disability - a plan for income protection in case of accident or illness; available from departmental personnel offices
• Merit Award Program - a program that rewards employees for money-saving suggestions; contact DPA's Merit Award Program publisher for copies

Savings Plus Program

Visit the SPP website to get SPP publications.

• Newsletter archive (2001-2005)

For HR Staff and Supervisors

Executive Reports

• DPA Total Compensation Survey 2006
• Executive Overview of the California State Personnel Management System (109 KB PDF) - general information on the State's personnel system
• Future of California: Work and Family Programs (October 2000) - report of the Joint Labor/Management Committee on Work & Family; contact DPA's Work & Family publisher for copies

General

• Benefits Administration Manual - assists departmental personnel offices in administering various benefits
• Civil Service Pay Scales - current pay information
• Disability Leave Manual - guide to coordinating state and federal laws and regulations on disability leave
• Workforce Planning - planning for the right people in the right jobs at the right time

Merit Award Program:

• Merit Award Program Guide Book - guidelines for Merit Award administrators; contact DPA's Merit Award Program publisher for copies
• Merit Award Program Evaluators' Handbook - criteria for judging when an employee suggestion qualifies for Merit Award consideration; contact DPA's Merit Award Program publisher for copies

Savings Plus Program

• SPP Expand Your Retirement Horizons (81 KB PDF) - brief description of the Savings Plus Program, the Alternate Retirement Program, and the Part-time, Seasonal, and Temporary Retirement Program

SROA and Layoff

• California Civil Service Layoff Manual - guidelines for implementing staffing reductions
• Rights and Options upon Termination of an Exempt or CEA Appointment (197 KB PDF) - essential information for separating Exempt and CEA appointees
• State Restriction of Appointments (269 KB PDF) - guidelines for implementing SROA process

Wellness

• Employee Assistance Program - supervisor's guide to making employee EAP referrals
• Club Ped Guide - kit for wellness coordinators to set up a worksite walking club; contact DPA's Wellness publisher for copies
• Wellness Resource Guide - assists health promotion coordinators in setting up departmental health and wellness activities; contact DPA's Wellness publisher for copies

Workers' Compensation

• Abbreviated Return to Work Training Manual (3 MB PDF) - manual used for the return-to-work course
• The Supervisor's Role: When an Employee is Injured on the Job (60 KB PDF) - supervisor's guide to workers' compensation
• Workers' Compensation Claim Kit (2 MB Word Document) - forms and instructions for filing a workers' compensation claim
• Workers' Compensation Preview (286 KB PDF) - terms and information that should be familiar to every workers' compensation coordinator

Updated April 15, 2008 at 10:31 AM.