In County Policy

DRIVING POLICY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Revised February, 10, 2010) 1.   Driving Policy Statement It is the policy of San Mateo County to promote the safety of our drivers and to protect County resources, employees and the public from vehicular harm or incident. To help achieve this, the County has a Safe Driver Program that outlines measures to authorize, educate, and monitor County drivers. 2.   County Driving Privileges Driving for the County is a privilege and requires that County drivers be familiar with and adhere to the policies and expectations that are outlined within the County’s Safe Driver Program. County employees are expected to always drive CountyRead More →

In County Policy

The Catastrophic Leave Policy is designed to assist employees who have exhausted paid time credits due to a serious or catastrophic illness, injury or condition of the employee or his/her extended family. This policy allows other employees to make grants of time to that employee so that s/he can remain in a paid status for a longer period of time, thus partially ameliorating the financial impact of the illness, injury or condition. The maximum amount of time that can be donated is 1 year. Conditions for Receiving Employee Upon request of an employee and upon approval of the department head, leave credits (vacation, sick leave,Read More →

In County Policy

A salary differential allowance shall be paid to incumbents of positions requiring use of a second language as designated by the appointing authority and the Director of Human Resources.  Designation of positions for which bilingual proficiency is required is the sole prerogative of the County.  Positions can only be designated to receive the Bilingual Salary Differential Allowance when the following eligibility requirements are met and procedures followed. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS All non-supervisory permanent positions are eligible for bilingual salary differential allowance.  Extra help employees are not eligible for bilingual pay. Department communicates the need for a particular position to be designated to receive the bilingualRead More →