State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  2000-015

  DATE:
  March 15, 2000

  TO:
  Accounting Officers
  Employee Relations Officers
  Personnel Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Policy and Operations Division

  SUBJECT:
  Mentoring Update

  CONTACT:
  Charlotte Gehringer, Personnel Management Analyst
  (916) 323-6938, CALNET 473-6938
  FAX: (916) 324-9393 
  Email: CHARLOTTEGEHRINGER@DPA.CA.GOV


  The following units have reached agreements on Mentoring 
  Leave.  Mentoring Leave allows eligible employees to 
  receive up to 40 hours of paid leave time per calendar year 
  to participate in mentoring activities once they have used 
  an equal amount of their personal time for these 
  activities.  General eligibility for mentoring leave is 
  attached.  The mentoring leave provision is described in 
  the bargaining unit agreements.
  
  Unit  1 - Professional Administrative, Financial and Staff 
  Services
  Unit  2 - Attorney and Hearing Officer
  Unit  3 - Institutional Educators and Librarians
  Unit  7 - Protective Services and Public Safety
  Unit  9 - Professional Engineers in California
  Unit 10 - Professional Scientific 
  Unit 11 - Engineering and Scientific Technicians
  Unit 12 - Craft and Maintenance
  Unit 16 - Physicians and Dentists
  Unit 19 - Health Professionals
  Unit 21 - Education, Library and Maritime
  
  There is also a Personnel Management Liaison (PML) 
  Memorandum 96-038 dated July 19, 1996, that outlines 
  Mentoring Leave for managers, supervisors, confidentials, 
  and other employees excluded from collective bargaining.  
  The PML is available on our website at www.dpa.ca.gov.
  
  
  
  Bob Painter
  Policy Manager
  
  Attachment will be mailed with the hard copy.