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Agency Wide Work Policies
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DESCRIPTION: Adopt agency-wide policies to establish operational guidelines and standard practices for staff to follow.
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ACTION REQUEST:
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RECOMMENDATION:
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To approve attached list of policies and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to approve agency-wide policies to promote effectiveness by providing clear and uniform guidelines.
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ISSUE/BACKGROUND:
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The purpose of policies is to help RTA tie together our mission, vision, values, and culture into clearly written and easily accessible documents for all employees to follow. Policies describe a course of action and create a starting point for change.
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DISCUSSION:
Human Capital staff engaged heavily with department chiefs and staff to create a first round of policies in a consistent manner, so they are easy to understand and use, and have an important operational purpose, broad application; and general procedures. RTA establishes protocols to create, amend, and disseminate administrative policies and procedures. A uniform policy format provides clear and concise steps for establishing or revising policies to achieve maximum organizational efficiency and understanding.
The first bundle of policies includes federal and state mandated policies as well as industry practices for human capital, safety, security, communications, and general administration.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adoption of the RTA agency policies has no direct impact upon RTA's expenditures or revenues.
NEXT STEPS:
Upon Board of Commissioners' approval, staff will work to issue an Employee Handbook which will provide policies to all RTA staff to view and follow.
ATTACHMENTS:
15 Mandated policies & 25 policies based on Best Practices.
Prepared By: Helen Valenzuela, Director, Professional Standards & Training
Reviewed By: Darwyn B. Anderson, Chief Human Resources Officer
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