Report 2017-119 Recommendation 12 Responses

Report 2017-119: California State University: It Has Not Provided Adequate Oversight of the Safety of Employees and Students Who Work With Hazardous Materials (Release Date: April 2018)

Recommendation #12 To: Sacramento, California State University

To ensure that it receives feedback from employee representatives on conditions associated with their work environments and that it develops appropriate interventions, Sacramento should ensure that its joint committee meets and fulfills its responsibilities in accordance with the bargaining agreement. If such committee does not exist, it should work with the union to form it by September 2018.

6-Month Agency Response

Sacramento State has re-formed its campus-level joint health and safety committee under the CSU Collective Bargaining Agreement with Unit 6 (State Employee Trades Council/Teamsters Local 2010). The committee met in September 2018 and will continue to do so on a monthly basis or by mutual agreement, in accordance with the bargaining agreement.

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

60-Day Agency Response

Sacramento State will ensure that it fulfills its responsibilities regarding a campus-level joint health and safety committee under the CSU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the State Employee Trades Council. The Chancellor's Office recently reestablished the systemwide joint committee and, with that committee now in place for the campus-level committee to report to, we will re-form our campus-level committee.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2017-119

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.