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Report regarding a public hearing on the status of vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts for the City of South San Francisco in Calendar Year 2025 in accordance with Government Code Section 3502.3 (Leah Lockhart, Human Resources Director and Darryel Mickens, Human Resources Manager)
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Staff recommends that the City Council accept a report on the status of the City of South San Francisco's vacancies, recruitments, and retention efforts, and conduct a public hearing pursuant to requirements under Government Code Section 3502.3.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Effective January 1, 2025, Assembly Bill ("AB") 2561, added and codified Government Code section 3502.3, to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act - the body of law that governs collective bargaining and labor relations at the local government level. This law requires local government agencies to hold a public hearing at least once per fiscal year, prior to the adoption of the final budget, regarding the status of vacancies within the agency and the agency's recruitment and retention efforts. The law also entitles the agency's recognized employee organizations to be present at the hearing and to make a presentation. Additionally, if the number of job vacancies within a single bargaining unit meets or exceeds 20% of the total number of authorized full-time positions, the law requires the agency, upon request of the recognized employee organization, to include additional specified information during the public hearing. For the current reporting period, one of the City's represented bargaining units exceeded the 20% vacancy threshold, therefore further information was presented to the bargaining unit and will be provided during the public hearing.
In May 2025, staff presented the first annual report on City vacancies, recruitment, and retention, covering a reporting period of July 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025. This year, staff has shifted the reporting period to a cale...
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