Lead Work vs. Supervision
What is HEERA and how does it define a "designated manager"?
Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA)
(HEERA) is California State law, which defines responsibilities of a manager. A HEERA manager is called many other names too: Administrators, MPP’s(Management Personnel Plan), or Non-bargaining Unit Administrators, yet they all mean the same.
MPP
An MPP defined is in Title 5 Article 2.2 of the California Code of Regulations and spells out employment rights, benefits and the conditions where employees are designated as "management" or "supervisory" who become HEERA managers.
- HEERA gives MPP’s the authority to take employment actions such as to: hire, discipline, finalize performance evaluations, submit in-range/classifications, etc.
- Managers retain the right to assign duties.
What is the difference between Lead Work Direction and Supervision?
The rights and responsibilities of managers/supervisors and work leads are different and examples are below
Work Lead Direction
- Scheduling
- Work Flow Planning
- Assigning Work or Giving Directions
- Monitoring Work
- Training Employees
- Orienting Employees
- Providing input into Employee Selection (Hiring)
- Providing input into Performance Evaluation
Managing / Supervision
- All responsibilities listed under “Work Lead Direction”
- Hire
- Transfer
- Suspend
- Layoff
- Recall
- Promote
- Discharge
- Reward
- Discipline
- Adjust grievances, or effectively to recommend such action
Definitions noted in the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA) (California State Government Code 3580.3)