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Rules Committee backs job-share option for supervisors’ aides, sends proposal to full board
Summary
The Rules Committee approved a motion to advance a job-share program allowing two people to split one supervisors’ aide position; the controller’s office said civil service permits job sharing and estimated $6,000–$7,000 in annual health-benefit costs per shared job.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee voted to forward a job-share program for legislative aides to the full board after brief debate on benefits, comp-time and administrative logistics.
Supervisor Leland Yee (note: sponsor identified in transcript as Supervisor Alioto Pier) introduced the motion to authorize two people to share a single full-time aideship by splitting duties into two roughly 20-hour positions. The measure would allow supervisors who choose to participate to assign equipment and office resources to shared positions and would require modest additional health-benefit costs for each shared job.
Monique Smuda of the controller’s office told the committee that civil service rules allow job sharing and that “there is sufficient funds in the existing budget” to cover an estimated $6,000 to $7,000 per shared job in healthcare costs in limited instances. The sponsor noted a theoretical maximum impact of about $132,000 annually only if every eligible aide participated, a scenario she said was unlikely.
Committee members pressed for details about how comp time, vacation and sick leave would be allocated under job sharing. Smuda said benefits and time off would generally be proportional to hours worked and that managing comp-time allocation between two aides would be a supervisory management issue.
Nelca Julio, a union representative with Local 21, testified in support of the policy, calling job sharing “a win-win” that helps with recruitment and retention and urging safeguards so shared employees retain contractual rights and benefits.
With no objection, the committee agreed to send the job-share motion forward as a committee report to the full board. The item will appear on a future Board of Supervisors agenda for final action.
