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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Inter-Departmental Correspondence | |||
Employee and Public Services Department | |||
DATE: |
June 12, 2002 | ||
BOARD MEETING DATE: |
July 9, 2002 | ||
TO: |
Honorable Board of Supervisors | ||
FROM: |
Mary Welch, Employee and Public Services Director | ||
SUBJECT: |
Early Retirement in Lieu of Layoffs | ||
Recommendation | |||
Adopt a resolution enacting Section 31641.04 of the Government Code enabling otherwise eligible employees in the classification of Coroner's Investigator and Executive Assistant in the Coroner's Office to select an early retirement option to reduce staff as an alternative to the layoff of employees. | |||
Background | |||
Government Code Section 31641.04 permits members of the County Employees' Retirement System to receive two additional years of service credits toward retirement under conditions established by the Board of Supervisors. This code section was enacted on a broad basis in 1988 as a result of curtailment of services and changes in the manner of services. By invoking this code section the number of layoffs as a result of the cost savings was reduced. Since that time, your Board has periodically adopted resolutions that allowed employees in various departments to select the early retirement option to reduce costs and prevent employees from being laid off as a result of the cost cutting. | |||
Discussion | |||
As a result of anticipated budgetary reductions and changes that need to be made in staffing relationships, the Coroner's Office is eliminating filled positions. Exercising an early retirement option will prevent lay-offs. We are recommending that the early retirement option be implemented for the classifications of Coroner's Investigator and Executive Assistant in the Coroner's Office. | |||
Permitting early retirement in this case will result in up to three fewer lay-offs. | |||
Fiscal Impact | |||
Long term employees who elect this option will benefit by receiving an additional two years of service credit in the calculation of pension benefits, which will increase the pension benefit by approximately 3.5%. | |||
Vision Alignment | |||
This item keeps the commitment of responsive, effective and collaborative government through goal number 20: Government decisions are based on careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or immediate gain. | |||
C |
Robert Foucrault | ||
