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Document
Evaluation Committee Rules of Conduct
Year Created: 2025
DOCUMENT
POL - Workforce Planning Strategies
- TYPE OF DOCUMENT: POL - Policies/Procedures
- Policies and Procedures
The document provides information on various workforce planning strategies categorized into different focus areas. The focus areas include staffing, employee performance management, infrastructure, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), organization development, culture, risk management, and employee health & wellness.
Under the staffing focus area, the document suggests recruitment strategies such as outreach, marketing, and branding to address anticipated vacancies on an organization-wide scale. It also emphasizes the importance of screening and selection strategies to improve the quality of candidate pools. Retention strategies are discussed to prevent or mitigate turnover on an organization-wide scale, while deployment strategies aim to better utilize staff knowledge, skills, and abilities. Training strategies are recommended to address new work requirements or business models, and targeted recruitment strategies are suggested to build applicant pools from under-represented affirmative action classes. Succession programs and strategies are also mentioned to build internal pools for anticipated vacancies, and strategies to reduce the number of full-time employees (FTEs) on an organization-wide scale are outlined.
In terms of employee performance management, the document suggests performance management strategies to address new business drivers or deliverables. It also highlights the importance of organization-wide strategies for redeploying or removing underperforming employees.
Under the infrastructure focus area, the document recommends organization-wide job class allocation reviews to address changes in duties and responsibilities. It also suggests proposals for class establishment, revision, or abolishment to address new business requirements. Additionally, the document mentions the need for new or updated agency policies on salary setting, recruitment incentives, and retention incentives. Base salary and assignment pay proposals are suggested to address recruitment and retention issues. Performance incentive program proposals are mentioned to improve organizational performance, and proposals for statutes and rules are suggested to remove performance obstacles. Internal policy and procedure changes are also recommended to remove performance obstacles.
In terms of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), the document suggests proposals to remove performance obstacles.
Under the organization development focus area, the document discusses changes in reporting relationships and organization of work to address changing business models, growth, or downsizing. It also mentions the redesign of workflows and work methods to address changing business models.
In the culture focus area, the document suggests the establishment of values, core competencies, and other behavioral standards. It also recommends scheduling training, events, and other activities to reinforce expectations. The identification of key demographic issues affecting business performance is mentioned, along with scheduling training and events to build knowledge and skills related to diversity. Strategies for managing perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors during times of significant internal or external change are also discussed. Additionally, strategies for encouraging employee ownership in the success of the organization are recommended.
Under the risk management focus area, the document suggests plans, procedures, and training to mitigate natural and man-made disasters, workplace violence, workplace safety hazards, employee health and wellness, and employment claims and lawsuits.