Program Authorization: La. Constitution, Article X

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The mission of the Human Resource Management Program is to promote effective human resource management throughout state government by developing and implementing systems for job evaluation, pay, employment, promotion and personnel management and by administering these systems through rules, policies, and practices that encourage wise utilization of the state's financial and human resources.

The goals of the Human Resource Management Program are:

1. Improve the classification and compensation systems through the development and implementation of flexible job evaluation and pay policies and practices that can be adapted to meet agencies' unique requirements.
2. Create and administer programs, rules, and procedures that promote effectiveness and accountability in state agencies and their employees.
3. Provide hiring and promotion processes to make qualified candidates available for timely employment and promotion decision for state managers.
4. Develop the capabilities of agency supervisors and human resource managers to assume greater responsibilities over the management of human resources through training and other activities.

The Human Resource Management Program includes the following activities: Personnel Management, Classification and Pay, and Examining Divisions.

• The Personnel Management Division reviews, develops, and implements Civil Service rules, processes all personnel actions, performs investigations, reviews agency contracts, reviews agency layoffs, maintains the state personnel manual, performs statewide education and training of personnel staff member and supervisory personnel, monitors and provides guidance regarding relevant federal regulations, reviews and accepts or denies performance appraisal programs, staffs special requests to the director of civil service and the Civil Service Commission, audits agency human resource programs, and issues general circulars and transmittals.
• The Classification and Pay Division establishes job evaluation and pay policies, performs position audits, writes job specifications, performs job studies and class reviews, establishes new jobs and positions, performs compensation studies and recommends pay adjustments, and allocates and reallocates positions.
• The Examining Division recruits, tests, and certifies applicants for state employment.

OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indicators are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).

RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM

SOURCE OF FUNDING

In accordance with R.S. 42:1383 this program is funded with Interagency Transfers from all state budget units with classified employees and Fees and Self-generated Revenue from non-budgeted and ancillary state agencies with classified employees. This funding approach maximizes the utilization of non-general fund support for the program.

ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDATION

The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 101.8% of the existing operating budget. It represents 72.9% of the total request ($4,501,949) for this program. The increase is due to increased funding for salaries and related benefits which is offset by the removal of nonrecurring carry forward funds.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

OTHER CHARGES

ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS

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