A California court recently ruled in favor of the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR), the agency responsible for the human resource management of state employees, including issues regarding salaries, benefits, job classifications, training, and recruitment.
The case arose from the State’s Employee Suggestion Program, which gave cash awards to state employees who could make suggestions saving state funds. Such an employee would get 20 percent of the cost savings, limited to a maximum of $50,000 per suggestion.
