18A.440 Bases for organizational units for pilot programs.

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Page 1 of 1 18A.440 Bases for organizational units for pilot programs. (1) The Personnel Steering Committee shall consider organizational units for the pilot personnel program based on the following: (a) The advantage gained by the organizational unit in the fulfillment of its statutory mission and improved service to the taxpayer; (b) The program goals and objectives which would operate to create a high performance workplace as outlined in the first report of the Governor's Commission on Quality and Efficiency, which may include: 1. Increased employee involvement; 2. Continuous improvement of operating systems and customer services; 3. Decision-making at all levels of the organization; 4. Manager and employee training in high involvement skills; 5. Defined measures that recognize success; and 6. Improved means of lawful employee negotiations. (c) The method by which the organizational unit would identify benchmarks for the measurement of the effectiveness of the pilot program, including periodic employee and customer evaluations of the pilot program; (d) Evidence of support for the pilot program by a majority of the employees to be involved in the proposed pilot program. The Governmental Services Center shall develop a survey to measure employee support for the proposed pilot programs. In organizational units for which pilot programs are considered, the Governmental Services Center shall also devise a process which insures confidentiality in the administration of and the tabulation of the results of the survey; and (e) Additional information which may be requested by the Personnel Steering Committee to consider an agency's application, including but not limited to: 1. Training plans for managers and employees; 2. Identification of fiscal and personnel resources; and 3. A proposed agency coordinator for the project. (2) The Personnel Steering Committee's recommendation of organizational units for the pilot personnel programs shall not affect more than fifteen percent (15%) of the permanent, full-time state employees employed as of July 15, 1994, except as provided in KRS 18A.450. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 456, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994.