Plumas County
Human Resources Department

The Human Resources Office was created by Ordinance 92-794 and was given the status of a separate department from the County Administrator's office on June 15, 1999.

The Human Resources Department conducts the personnel recruitment's for all County offices and all County positions except in the departments of Social Services and the Office of Emergency Services which are covered by law under the State Merit System.  The Human Resources Department provides a qualified list of candidates to department heads from which they conduct interviews and make their selection.  They test for  Sheriff Deputy, Corrections and Dispatch staff and are available to sit on the Oral Board when necessary.  The office is the official depository for each employee's personnel file, prepares job classifications reviews, arranges for employee training, administers the County's benefits programs, including the Self-Funded Health Insurance Program, and advises departments on hiring, discipline actions and other personnel procedures set forth in the Personnel Rules.  They produce the "Employee Handbook" given to all employee's at the time of hire which includes information on benefits, vacation, sick leave, retirement, worker's compensation, leave of absences, and overtime, etc.  The Human Resources Director is the County's Affirmative Action Officer.

The office is responsible for the automated data entry of all information pertaining to payroll, except the input of time cards and the distribution of checks.  This department is also responsible for notifying PERS when we have a new hire and when someone resigns or retires.  Along with the other duties, this office files the State and Federal forms associated with payroll reporting, unemployment and workers compensation, EEO/EEOC, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, OSHA & CAL-OSHA and State Disability.

This department also assists the General Services Officer with budget preparation by providing current position allocation; salary and benefit information affecting position control.

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