Political Warming: State Fund’s Hiring Freeze is Melting By Robert Warne - January 24, 2003
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The California State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) is one step closer to busting out of its cryogenic HR cage in its fight against Gov. Gray Davis over his statewide hiring freeze.
But just last week when the governor was in his budget laboratory he decided he’d conduct an experiment with the frozen 1,700 State Fund positions by allowing them to melt in stages.
So initially, he’s giving the go ahead for State Fund to hire 350 people to fill the most urgent positions related to handling claims. Beyond this, the insurer will then have to negotiate with the state Department of Finance to fill any other vacancies.
The self funded State Fund was first pulled into the budget crisis state agency freeze in Nov. 2001—was granted a temporary reprieve—and put back into the cooler last June.
But once the threat surfaced that there was proof that claimants were suffering because of the shortage of adjusters, Davis couldn’t hold out any longer.
His initial allocation of 350 people is a start but there were reports back in November that the Glendale office alone needed 300 new employees. Luckily State Fund found a backdoor to the freezer and was able to move in temps where needed.
Timing is everything. Without allowing State Fund to suffer any extensive freezer burn the governor should now be able to avoid any political frostbite as a result of his experiment.
Adjuster / Examiner Claims Examiner Santa Ana Unified School District Santa Ana, CA
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