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Staffing, safety and training updates: CAO outlines hires, CHP safety sessions and CPR vendor RFQ
Summary
The agency reported five new hires offset by five attritions, 16 pending recruitments, CHP-led safety training for most offices, and a statewide request-for-quote for CPR certification training with a April 28 vendor deadline.
Chief Administrative Officer Bobby Robert Silva gave a detailed operations report April 16, outlining recent hiring activity, safety training and procurement deadlines affecting the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
Silva said five support-staff hires were completed since the prior meeting (Oxnard, Pasadena, Los Angeles and two for the Office of Tax Petitions in Sacramento) and those were balanced by five support-staff attritions during the same period. He said 16 support-staff recruitments remain pending; two candidates are completing name-clearance steps for Inland and Bay Area offices and a bilingual candidate is pending bilingual testing for a Bay Area office.
On safety, Silva said the agency initiated in-person safety sessions with the California Highway Patrol at each of the board’s 11 locations; all offices except Los Angeles had received the training as of the meeting. Training topics include personal and workplace safety, recognition of criminal indicators and active-shooter awareness. Silva said the Los Angeles office had not yet received an in-person CHP visit because of CHP staffing constraints; training materials will be shared in the meantime.
Silva said the agency identified low CPR certification rates among staff in several offices and has issued an RFQ to establish a statewide CPR training vendor; the RFQ deadline is April 28. He also announced the period for 2025 employee performance appraisals (May 5–June 15) and an optional individual development plan delivery around July 15. Procurement and purchasing cutoffs were detailed: a purchase-order deadline for larger items a week from the meeting date, CalCard purchases allowed through May 9 with two CalCards remaining department-wide for emergencies until the fiscal cutoff on June 6.
Board members asked about Narcan availability and return-to-work facility capacity. Silva said he was not aware of a state policy on Narcan but would research it. On facility capacity for return-to-work directives, staff previously completed the required survey and determined the agency has sufficient space to accommodate staff returning to office work; Silva said the agency had reduced its outstation footprint and retained five outstations statewide to maintain service coverage.
