Bill Text: HI SCR82 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Employees; Ten-Year Attrition and Development Plan

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-16 - (S) Referred to JDL, WAM. [SCR82 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR82-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	82
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A ten-YEAR ATTRITION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations periodically determines shortage categories in key industries in order to remain relevant and responsive to Hawaii's labor needs; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, through its workforce development programs, identifies high-demand areas for job growth and the need for skilled workers in the next five and ten years; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature and Administration are attempting to shift the economic makeup of the State to increase solvency and resistance to the economic crisis; and

 

     WHEREAS, the role of government in this initiative will likely shift in response to the needs of the private sector and Hawaii's citizens; and

 

     WHEREAS, to execute new policy and direction, state employees will require new skill sets, a thorough understanding of new regulatory paradigms, experience, and responsiveness to industry and public needs; and

 

     WHEREAS, the mission of the Department of Human Resources Development is to "provide timely and responsive leadership, resources, and services to fully support the State in the recruitment, management, and retention of a high-performing workforce"; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Human Resources Development maintains strict minimum requirements to ensure a quality state employee workforce; and

 

     WHEREAS, these minimum qualifications act, in some ways, as a deterrent to the recruitment of young professionals by setting experience requirements achievable only by employees who have been in the workforce for an extended amount of time; and

 

     WHEREAS, the baby boomer generation, which possess a wealth of institutional knowledge, is approaching retirement age; and

 

     WHEREAS, the development of a young professional core will bridge the gap between workforce generations and ensure the retention and perpetuation of institutional knowledge; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature, Administration, and the citizens of the State of Hawaii are all striving to create an efficient and open government; and

 

     WHEREAS, developing a highly trained workforce of state employees that is responsive to business and the public alike will instill public trust with the knowledge that state employees are highly trained and qualified; and

 

     WHEREAS, a government of the people should be staffed and maintained by public employees representative of the diversity of its citizens; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Director of Human Resources Development are requested to submit a ten-year attrition and development plan for state employees to the Legislature to provide for the continued operation of government for the ten-year period beginning 2014 and ending 2024; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the development of this plan may include but not be limited to the following:

 

     (1)  Public employee feedback;

 

     (2)  Identification of key shortage positions;

 

     (3)  Attrition plans for positions whose services may become automated;

 

     (4)  Development of basic curricula for entering employees;

 

     (5)  Partnership and feedback from possible affected agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Budget and Finance, University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association;

 

     (6)  Succession planning for management positions;

 

     (7)  Identification of current key competencies by position and evaluation of the relevance of the skill moving forward;

 

     (8)  Identification of key competencies by position currently lacking and necessary for future implementation of government;

 

     (9)  Identification of the demographics of current state employees and the shift in demographics over a ten-year period;

 

    (10)  Analysis of the projected retirement of the current state workforce;

 

    (11)  Recruitment efforts to assure a diverse workforce; and

 

    (12)  Training and professional development opportunities to encourage retention; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a report on the progress of the ten-year attrition and development plan for state employees be submitted to the Legislature no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013, and a final report containing the plan be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2014; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Directors of Labor and Industrial Relations and Human Resources Development.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

State Employees; Ten-Year Attrition and Development Plan