Welcome to this week’s CASE Files, part of our commitment to keep you up-to-date on our work to increase your salary, improve and protect your benefits, and to aggressively represent your professional interests in every forum where they are at stake.
CASE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ UPDATE
CASE Board Election Results. Voting in the CASE Board Election ended on Friday, November 4. CASE Members elected the following leaders:
Officers (2022-2023, completing the 2021-23 Presidential and Vice Presidential terms)
CASE President: R. Timothy O’Connor
CASE Vice President: Jaclyn Grossman
Directors at Large (2022-2024)
Anthony Seferian
John de Leon
Katrina Boghouzian Manookian
Nima Razfar
Raymond Cervantez
Ryan Smith
Seaton Tsai
Thank you to all who ran for office and to all who participated in the Election. Per CASE Bylaws Article III, Section 14, newly elected Board Members take office on Monday, November 14. For the full report of the vote, visit the Member Center on the CASE Website (password is membersmatter22)
MOU Implementation Status Reminder. As reported in CASE Files #32, CalHR and the State Controller informed CASE that they expect to issue the pay letter required to provide the GSI increase and related back pay issued on November 23. Because that date falls after the monthly payroll cutoff, you will not see the increase reflected on your monthly pay for November 2022 (issued December 1, 2022). However, the adjustment for the November 2022 pay period will be issued as a supplemental warrant with a December 1 issue date.
Retroactive GSI salary adjustments for the period of July, 2002 through October, 2022 will issue as a supplemental warrant on November 24.
The state’s antiquated payroll system is headed for an overhaul that cannot come fast enough. CASE will continue to advocate for expediting those improvements so that risks of these delays may be eliminated
CALPERS CORNER
Update Your Email Profile. CalPERS emails roughly 20 newsletters and alerts that focus on everything from legislative reports and Board of Administration agendas to member education programs and breaking news bulletins. To ensure you’re receiving emails relevant to you – or to stop receiving emails that aren’t – log in to your myCaPERS account via either the CalPERS update or unsubscribe pages then select the publications you wish to receive or discontinue.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
News Headlines. Recent media reports of interest to Unit 2 legal professionals:
- California DOJ says LAPD officers acted in self defense in shooting of unarmed civilian – CBS Los Angeles
- Petition tries to disqualify all workers’ compensation judges in two district offices – Human Resources Director
- Lawyer Tom Girardi drew over 200 ethics complaints, California bar says – Reuters
REMINDERS
CASE Board Meeting – Friday, November 18. The next CASE Board meeting will be held Friday, November 18. Members interested in attending, can register here. A zoom link will be provided the morning of the meeting. Make sure to register no later than Thursday, November 17 at 12:00pm if you’d like to attend.
Ensuring Members Receive Their Stipends. CASE continues to receive reports of members not receiving the telework stipends negotiated over a year ago, with especially pronounced issues at the Department of Industrial Relations. To assist us in enforcing your rights under the contract, we invite members to take this quick survey. Your responses will help us assess next steps – including filing Wage Claims on behalf of members who haven’t received what they are owed. Take the survey today.