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Board hears recruitment, bilingual‑pay audit and budget update; May revise expected
Summary
Chief Administrative Services Robert Silva reported pending support‑staff hires, a bilingual‑pay audit showing two employees below the 10% threshold, and that procurement deadlines were met; the May revise to the budget was expected to be public the following day.
The Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board on May 18, 2026 received an administrative services update covering recruitment, a bilingual‑pay audit and budget timing ahead of the state’s May revise.
Chief Administrative Services Robert Silva said the agency has three pending support‑staff recruitments (appellate operations, Sacramento field office and Los Angeles field office), with candidates in the name‑check or acceptance stages, and added a new support recruitment for the Inglewood field office.
Silva reported the agency’s second biannual bilingual employee audit for the fiscal year showed two employees — one Cantonese and one Vietnamese speaker — fell below the 10% threshold used for bilingual‑pay determinations; because those two are the agency’s only employees in those languages, Silva said the office shifted workload away from private vendor interpreter services where possible to preserve bilingual pay eligibility.
On procurement Silva said all field procurement requests met the department’s May 8 purchasing deadline and that emergency purchases remain possible if needed. Regarding the budget, Silva said the agency is spending within current allocations and that the Department of Finance’s May revise would be expected to go public the next day, limiting what could be disclosed at the meeting.
Vice chair Laura Kent Monning asked whether bilingual employees serve as interpreters for hearings; Silva clarified that in‑house bilingual staff are not routinely used for hearings but that telephonic interpreter services are available statewide and calls can be transferred (for example, a Los Angeles Vietnamese call could be transferred to San Jose) when in‑house language skills allow.
Silva invited questions and said he would provide updates after the May revise is public. The board had no other administrative actions and adjourned without a closed session.
