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2018, $2,850,737 in 2018-2019, $2,907,752 in 2019-2020, and $2,965,907

in 2020-2021 to fund the activities of Section 38.2 and Section 38.4.

§38.6 A joint labor/management advisory board, which recognizes the
need for combined representation of all employee negotiating units and the

State, will monitor and evaluate the Work- Life Services Programs.

Article 39
Benefits Guaranteed

With respect to matters not covered by this Agreement, the State will not
seek to diminish or impair during the term of this Agreement any benefit

or privilege provided by law, rule or regulation for employees without prior
notice to CSEA; and, when appropriate, without negotiations with CSEA;

provided, however, that this Agreement shall be construed consistently with
the free exercise of rights reserved to the State by the Management Rights

Article of this Agreement.

Article 40
Performance Evaluation

§40.1(a) An employee shall have a performance evaluation done annually.
(b) An employee shall have the right to appeal an “Unsatisfactory”

performance rating, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the rating, to the
Agency Level Appeals Board on forms provided by the State. A hearing on

such appeal shall be conducted within 60 days of receipt of the appeal.
(c) An employee shall have the right to appeal an Agency Level Appeals

Board decision, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the decision, to the

Statewide Performance Rating Committee on forms provided by the State.
The Statewide Performance Rating Committee shall make every effort to
conduct a hearing on such appeal within 90 days of receipt of the appeal.

(d) Appellants shall have the right to CSEA-designated representation

throughout the appeals process.
§40.2 A Statewide Performance Rating Committee will continue as a three

person panel to hear and decide upon appeals from ratings of
“Unsatisfactory.” One member is to be selected by the Director of the

Governor’s Office of Employee Relations; a second member will be
selected by the Statewide President of CSEA; the third will be jointly agreed

upon by both the Director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations

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