Publications

Your personnel office can provide printed copies of many of these publications. All publications are PDFs unless otherwise noted.

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

To find forms, please visit our Forms page.

For Employees

• Become an Analyst - A guide to help you develop your analyst skills
• Benefit News - latest news on employee benefits

• Consolidated Benefits (CoBen) - 2012 Plan Year| - Consolidated Benefits (CoBen) - 2011 Plan Year for excluded employees and eligible represented employees in bargaining units 2, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, and 19, choose your health and dental benefits; receive cash back in lieu of benefits if you have other insurance
• Cash Options - 2012 FlexElect Handbook | 2011 FlexElect Handbook - receive cash back in lieu of health and dental benefits if you have other insurance

• Compensation Plus - benefits for managers, supervisors, confidential, and other excluded employees
• Computer User's Guide to an Ergonomic Workstation
• Dental Benefits Handbook for Active and Retired Employees
• Employee Assistance Program - describes counseling available for dealing with personal issues that interfere with work
• New Employee Handbook - orientation for new State employees
• Orientation for the State Employee | Word Document - orientation for new State employees
• Planning Ahead - what your beneficiary needs to know if you die while an active State employee
• FlexElect Reimbursement Accounts - 2012 FlexElect Handbook | 2011 FlexElect Handbook - benefit available to employees for paying out-of-pocket medical and dependent care expenses with pre-tax income
• State Employee Benefits Quick Reference Guide - summary of all your State employee benefits along with where to look and who to contact if you have questions
• Supplementing Industrial Disability Leave - Word Document - salary continuation benefit for eligible employees with a work-related disability.
• Supplementing Temporary Disability - 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? - Word Document - Revised November 2010
• 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

 

For HR Staff and Supervisors

Performance Management

• Performance management guide for supervisors, managers, executives, and non-rank-and-file employees

Executive Reports

• Compensation Surveys
• Executive Overview of the California State Personnel Management System - general information on the State's personnel system

General

• Benefits Administration Manual - assists departmental personnel offices in administering various benefits
• Civil Service Pay Scales - current pay information
• Workforce Planning Model and Guide - 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 - 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 - essential information for separating Exempt and CEA appointees
• SROA web pages | SROA Manual (DPA 2004) - PDF - guidelines for implementing SROA process

Staff Development

• Become an Analyst - A guide to help you develop your analyst skills | Word Document version - guidelines and advice to help you develop your staff into analysts

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 - manual used for the return-to-work course
• The Employer's Role: When Your Employee is Injured on the Job - Revised April 2011 - supervisor's guide to workers' compensation
• Workers' Compensation Claim Kit - Revised April 2011 - forms and instructions for filing a workers' compensation claim
• Workers' Compensation Preview - Revised November 2010 - terms and information that should be familiar to every workers' compensation coordinator

Updated January 18, 2012 at 1:49 PM.