Report 2012-603 Recommendation 5 Responses

Report 2012-603: High Risk Update: State Agencies Credited Their Employees With Millions of Dollars Worth of Unearned Leave (Release Date: August 2014)

Recommendation #5 To: Controller's Office, State

To improve the accuracy of information in the leave accounting system and to ensure that agencies do not improperly credit employees with leave in the future, the state controller should work with CalHR to establish procedures by January 2015 for updating the criteria it uses to produce the monthly exception reports to ensure that the criteria reflect changes in state law and collective bargaining agreements.

6-Month Agency Response

With concurrence from CalHR, we have formalized procedures for updating the criteria used to produce our monthly exception reports. We are providing documentation of the procedures with this report.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented


60-Day Agency Response

We are working with CalHR on establishing procedures for updating the criteria used to produce our monthly exception reports. We will meet the January 2015 deadline for this recommendation, and will provide documentation of the procedures at that time.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken


All Recommendations in 2012-603

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.