This PML is superseded by the HR Manual and is no longer active.
PML Number
2002-063
Title
Mentoring Leave - Bargaining Units 9, 14, and 20
Date Issued
September 27, 2002
Owner
Policy Development Office
Contact
Charlotte Gehringer
Personnel Management Analyst
(916) 323-6938
CharlotteGehringer@dpa.ca.gov
Signed By
Bob Painter, Chief
Content
The Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) has changed the criteria governing mentoring leave.  These changes are effective April 1, 2002, for Bargaining Unit 9, and July 31, 2002, for Bargaining Units 14 and 20.The following changes are made to mentoring leave:
Mentoring leave formerly required a permanent, full-time appointment.  However, probationary employees can now participate if they have completed a civil service probationary period and have permanent civil service status.
Because of the former full-time requirement, permanent part-time and permanent intermittent employees were not included in mentoring leave.  However, these employees may now receive a prorated amount of mentoring leave based upon their time base if they have completed a civil service probationary appointment.  For example, a half-time employee is eligible for 20 hours of "mentoring leave" per calendar year, and an intermittent employee working a monthly equivalent of 160 hours may earn 3.33 hours of mentoring leave.
All bargaining units (BU) except 6, 8, 13, 17, and 18 have agreed to mentoring leave.  For BUs that have agreed to these provisions, the effective dates of the above changes can be found in their most recent collective bargaining agreements.  
Excluded employees are also eligible for mentoring leave.
The attached "Mentoring Leave Criteria" reflects the current criteria.  For information regarding the application of new mentoring provisions, please contact the DPA Labor Relations Division at (916)324‑0476 and ask for the Labor Relations Officer assigned to the appropriate bargaining unit.