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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1979.08.09 - 12250Miscellaneous Resolution 1097 Date August 9, 1979 BY : PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE - Henry William Hoot, Chairman IN RE : P.S.E. Waiver Request - C.E.T.A. Titles II-D and VI (September 30, 1979) TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 6546 applied for and was granted the designation as Prime Sponsor by the U. S. Department of Labor to administer the provisions of the Comprehensive EMployment and Training Act of 1973; and WHEREAS Section 676.30 of C.E.T.A. Regulations allows Prime Sponsors to apply to the Department of Labor for a temporary waiver of the 78-week limitation of participation by P.S.E. participants in cases where severe hardship has been encountered in transitioning these participants into unsubsidized employment; and WHEREAS thirty-five (35) of the Prime Sponsor's subrecipients have indicated to the Prime Sponsor that they are experiencing severe hardships in their efforts to transition P.S.E. participants into unsubsidized employment (Summary - Attachment A); and WHEREAS these thirty-five (35) subrecipients have requested the Prime Sponsor to apply to the Department of Labor for a temporary waiver of the 78-week limitation for the 645 P.S.E. participants; and WHEREAS the waiver application meets all of the criteria as defined and approved by Miscellaneous Resolution No. 9054. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes the submission of the waiver application for sub- recipients identified in Attachment A for C.E.T.A. Titles 1I-D and VI to the Department of Labor for their review and consideration for approval. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners be and is hereby authorized to execute said application. The Public Services Cbmmittee, by Henry William Hoot, Chairman, moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PUBLIC SERVICES COIUMITIEE Henry William Hoot, Chairman I HE,Y APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION 4 „ WAIVER REQUESTS FeR•C.E.T.A. PARTICIPANTS SCHEDULED TO BE TERMINATED 'ON SEF/TEMBER 30, 1979 Participants Covered by Waiver Request Subrecipient Title II -D Title VI Waterford Consoritun 4 4 Oakland County 31 34 Oakland University - 2 City of Berkley - 3 City of Farmington Hills 16 3 City of Ferndale 4 _ City of Hazel Park 2 _ City of Huntington Woods - 2 City of Iathrup Village - 2 City of Novi - 6 City of Oak Park 2 1 City of Pontiac 101 111 City of Royal Oak 35 55 City of Troy 3 _ City of Walled Lake - 2 Brandon Township - 8 Commerce Township 5 5 Highland Township -. 2 Orion Township 3 2 Pontiac Township 5 16 Royal Oak Township - 21 Waterford Township 9 21 Village of Lake Orion - 3 Village of Crtonville - 2 Village of Oxford - 3 Lake Orion Schools 2 _ Oxford Schools 3 - WAIVER REQUESTS FOR C.E.T.A. PARTICIPANTS TO BR TERMINATED ON 9/30/79 - Continued Page 2 Participants Covered by Waiver Request SUbrecipient Title II-D Title VI Pontiac Schools 3 34 Southfield Schools 18 Waterford Schools 13 33 Area Service Association 4 Community Employment Svc. (Walled Lk.) - 2 Jewish Family Services 3 Oakland County Coalition of Welfare Rights Organization 1 Oakland County Legal Aid 1 35 Sites -Totals- 241 404 Total Requests for Both Titles 645 1.‘ C•4' AP) COUNTY OF OAKLAND DANIEL T. MURPHY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE August 9, 1979 Howard Roberts Associate Regional Administrator U. S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration 230 South Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60604 Dear Mr. Roberts: In accordance with Section 676.30 of the regulations, we are requesting review and final approval of a temporary extension of the 78-week PSE limitation for 645 participants. The participants represent 56% of all those who are affected by the 78-week PSE limitation and scheduled to terminate on or before September 30, 1979. We request this waiver for the following lengths of time: (Number of PSE participants covered by this waiver request who will be on board at the end of each quarter). Total 1st 2nd 3rd 4th to be Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Waived 506 401 172 This waiver is necessary for the following reasons: 1. To allow subrecipients additional time to absorb their PSE participants. 2. To allow time for additional referral and absorbtion into private sector employment through job development and public -private sector cooperative efforts. 3. To allow time to enhance the employability of the PSE participants through the following activities: A. Employability Skills Workshops in "Job Seeking Skills" and "Assertive Interviewing Techniques". B. Enrollment and/or completion of training in relevant career areas as referenced on the individual participants' Employability Development Plan. We did not apply for conditional approval. Oakland County Employment & Training Administration PONTIAC PLACE 140 South Saginaw Street, Suite 725, Pontiac, Michigan 48058 645 Enclosed you will find supporting documentation, a quarterly phased-transition plan, and a copy of the published announcement. Please advise at the earliest date of action taken on the enclosed. Sincerely, Wallace F. Gabler, Chairmen Oakland County Board of Commissioners Enclosure WFG/GRD/yms 2. April, 1979 2. 6.1% 3. May, 1979 3. 5.4% 74 310 236 214 22 0 25 128 0 123 334 120 42 363 13 111 Attachment #1 I. Required Supporting Documentation for Approval Waivers A. Unemployment rate for most recent 3 months for which data are available. Months 1. March, 1979 1. 5.8% Adjusted Unemployment Rate B. Employment growth rate for most recently available 12-month period. Rate 5.4% Period 6/78 to 5/79 C. Local Hiring Patterns - Local hiring patterns by occupational categories over the last la months (July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979). These figures represent only those subrecipients that have requested a waiver for their PSE participants. A No. of non-CETA employees hired in last 12 mos. 1. Clerical/ Office Worker No. of CETA PSE enrollees hired as non-CETA regular employees in the last 12 months. No. of vacancies that could have been filled in the last 12 months for the following occupational categories. 2. Laborers/ Maintenance Workers 3. Professional/ Technical 318 4. Uniformed Services 72 5. Teaching/ Instruction 106 6. Conservation 0 7. Community Service 98 Occupations -1- D. Currently, and in the near future, the pace of hiring in both the public and private sectors will be somewhat slow. The dramatic drop in auto sales is having an impact on municipalities in that it directly affects the amount of money municipalities receive from the State of Michigan through shared sales tax returns. This, coupled with the Headlee Tax Limitation Amendment, has greatly restricted the ability of municipalities to maintain services, let alone expand them. Therefore, there will not be the large scale absorption of PSE participants on October 1, 1979 that we had planned for Instead, we are now looking toward a gradual but_steady rate of absorption over the next twelve months. In the private sector the dominant employer is the auto industry. As a one-industry labor market, the occupational opportunities in Oakland County (taking into account the "ripple effect" of supplier and commercial firms dependent upon the four (4) major auto companies) vary as a function of auto/truck sales. There are three (3) salient factors affecting the ability of the auto industry to hire right now: 1) Due to model year changeover, there is currently a hiring freeze on almost all manufacturing related positions with the four major auto manufacturing firms. 2) The slow down in truck and large auto sales is resulting in a reduced number of job opportunities in a private sector. According to the Employers' Association of Detroit, as of June 15, 1979, auto sales are down 21% over the previous year. As a re- sult of slow auto sales, General Motors Corporation is currently laying off 2,300 employees in the Prime Sponsors' area; GMC Truck & Coach Division will be laying off 1,300 employees and 1,000 employees will be laid off at Pontiac Motor Division. 3) The potential of a strike, should negotiations falter between the auto manufacturers and the U.A.W., has employers being very cautious about hiring additional employees. -2- E. It must also be pointed out that many of this Prime Sponsors' subrecipients are operating in areas of substantial unemployment, and as a result, seventy-two percent (72%) of the waivers being requested are from subrecipients in these areas, as indicated below: Subrecipients Local Unemployment Rate No. of Waivers City of Hazel Park 6.7% 2 Area Service Assoc. 6.7% 4 City of Walled Lake 7.0% 2 Community Employment Service 7.0% 2 Waterford School District 7.5% 46 Waterford Township 7.5% 30 Pontiac Township 8.2% 21 Royal Oak Township 8.2% 21 Lake Orion Schools 8.4% 2 Village of Lake Orion 8.4% 3 Oxford Schools 9.2% 3 Village of Oxford 9.2% 3 Brandon Township 11.0% 8 Village of Ortonville 11.0% 2 City of Pontiac 13.8% 212 Oakland County (Pontiac offices) 13.8% 65 O.C. Coalition of Welfare Rights 13.8% 1 O.C. Legal Aid Society 13.8% 1 Pontiac Schools 13.8% 37 465 2. Status of Transition Efforts A. The Prime Sponsor has a written agreement with the Michigan Employment Security Commission (M.E.S.C.) which affords terminating PSE participants the opportunity to utilize the services of M.E.S.C.'s Job Placement Department. This service is available to participants thirty (30) days prior to their scheduled termination date. B. According to the M.E.S.C.'s Occupations in Demand listing (Attachment 2), the occupations in demand in the Prime Sponsor's area are: Mechanical Engineer Secretary Clerk Typist Salesperson Kitchen Helper Machinist Field Service Technician (Electronics) C. The M.E.S.C. maintains records of the toal number of job orders received by their local employment offices. Since occupational groupings used by the M.E.S.C. are not similar to those used in section 1 (c) of this report, weareunable to report the number of job openings received by the local employment offices for each of the groups. The following information, taken from Attachment 3, reflects the total number of job orders received by the two local M.E.S.Z.offices between January 1, 1979 and March 31, 1979: Group No. of Job Openings Received 1. Professional, Technical, 291 Managerial 2. Clerical, Sales 741 3. Service 872 4. Agriculture 23 5. Processing 86 6. Machine Trades 352 7. Benchwork 124 8. Structural Work 1418 9. Miscellaneous 590 D. The Prime Sponsor and its subrecipients employ twenty-four (24) job developers that have the responsibility of placing PSE participants into jobs. This figure does not include the job developers that are employed by the local employment service, as they do not develop jobs exclusively for PSE participants. E. Employability Development Plans have been developed for all of the PSE participants covered by the waiver request. F. Of the 645 PSE participants covered by the waiver request, 186 were referred to unsubsidized jobs in the past three (3) months (April 23, 1979 to July 23, 1979). G. Oakland County, as Prime Sponsor, strongly encourages its subrecipients to allow PSE participants time off in order that they may seek and hopefully secure unsubsidized employment. As a result, this Prime Sponsor has a standing policy with its subrecipients allowing reimbursement of time off granted for this specific purpose. H. The job placement component of the Prime Sponsor's PSE program is organized in such a manner as to insure placement services on an individualized basis for all terminating PSE participants. Each job developer is assigned to work with a specific group of PSE participants and is responsible for developing job opportunities and encouraging'his participants to pursue -these opportunities. Each of the ten (10) placement agencies funded by the Prime Sponsor has one or more of its job developers so assigned. These agencies freely exchange current job openings thereby affording PSE participants a wide range of job potentials. I. Entered employment rate: Title II-D 511 Total number of participants in Title II-D between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 98 Total number of participants terminated between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. ' 55 Total number of participants that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 11% Percent of total enrollment that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 56% Percent of terminating participants that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. Title VI 1,703 Total number of participants in Title VI between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 472 Total number of participants terminated between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 189 Total number of participants that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 11% Percent of total Enrollment that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. 40% Percent of terminating participants that entered employment between 10/01/78 and 3/31/79. J. In addition to the individual career counseling that all PSE participants receive, the Prime Sponsor is currently funding one subrecipient to provide Employability Skills Training to PSE participants in a group setting. It is estimated that between 25% and 35% of the PSE participants covered by the waiver request will be exposed to this training. The primary areas covered are "Job Market Hunting Skills" and "Assertive Interviewing Techniques". It is expected that this will facilitate, initiate and accelerate the placement rate of those PSE participants exposed to this training. An outline of the curriculum being used in this seminar is attached for your edification (Attachment 4). 3. Other Factors A. All of the labor organizations representing participants affected by this temporary extension have been notified of the Prime Sponsors' intent to apply for waivers and been given the opportunity to review • the proposal. The responses received from the unions have been overwhelmingly favorable. All of the written responses received from the unions are included as Attachment 5. The following list indicates the affected unions in our area: American Federation of State, County and Municipan Employees -Education Secretaries of Southfield 50th District Court Employees Union Police Officers Association of Michigan Pontiac Municipal Employees Association Royal Oak Firefighters' Association, Local 431 Royal Oak Police Officers' Association Service Employees' International Union, Local 270-M Southfield Public Schools Employees Association Teamsters Local 214 • UAW, Clerical and Technical Services, Local 1925 Utility Workers Union of America Waterford Association of Education Secretaries • Oakland County, as Prime Sponsor, is firmly committed to transitioning its PSE participants into unsubsidized employment, and at no time have our job development efforts slackened. The temporary extension would allow this Prime Sponsor to more successfully bring these transitioning efforts to fruition. 4. Transition Plan SECTION A--Description of groups to be waived and rationale for the transition plan for each group. Group A - is composed of clerical and office workers who have job skills which are readily transferrable to the private sector. The transition plan is to utilize intensive job placement activities for this group during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 1980. Group B - is composed of professional and technical personnel. The six month extension for this group will allow time for a substantial number of these individuals to be absorbed. It will also allow time for additional training and skills development for those who will not be absorbed thereby enhancing their. employability. Group C is composed of laborers and maintenance workers. The transition plan for this group is to provide additional time for skills development and job placement. The termination date of June 30, 1980 for this group coincides with the peak hiring period for this group. Group D - is composed of teaching and instructional staff. The nine (9) month extension should allow many of these participants to gain additional union seniority which will enable them to successfully bid for budgeted positions. It will also allow the participants the full "school year", during which most hiring takes place, to apply for jobs at other educational institutions. Group E is composed of uniformed services. The job outlook for this group is not very good. Therefore, the longest extension possible will be necessary. This will allow maximum time for absorption and/or job development efforts. Group F - is composed of four relatively unskilled participants working in the area of conservation. The twelve (12) month extension will allow this group a sufficient length of time to learn additional skills which should make them employable in today's marketplace. Group G - is composed of community service occupations. Many of these participants are para-professionals who will need additional training in order to secure new positions. The twelve (12) month extension will allow adequate time for this additional training. This, coupled with job search assistance, should insure the successful transition of this group. 46 46 74 172 645 Groups H thru K are all employees of the City of Pontiac. In accordance with provisions of local collective bargaining unit agreements, the City of Pontiac has no other option possible with regard to separation of union CETA employees other than to use the contractual mandate of seniority as the principal governing factor for these employees. In conjunction with this principle, the lower seniority union CETA personnel who have not positively terminated in each quarter of FY '80 would have to be laid off first should the target figures not be met each quarter. Group H - to be terminated by December 31, 1979. Includes participants hired after February 14, 1978. Grog I - to be terminated by March 31, 1980. Includes participants hired after September 26, 1976. Group J - to be terminated June 30, 1980. Includes participants hired after September 4, 1975. Group K - to be terminated by September 30, 1980. Includes the balance of the City of Pontiac participants for whom a waiver has been requested. Transition Schedule 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Job Classification Group to be terminated A B C D E F G No.of Participants in Group 93 59 118 65 67 4 27 Seniority Group to be terminated No.of Participants in Group 46 Total Terminations Quarterly 139 105 229 Total Terminations Cumulative 139 244 473 TRANSITION PLAN FOR FY 80 _ , _ 506 — 401 . . ._ 172 — 700 300 200 100 1st Qtr. 4th Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 645 600 Number of Extended Participants Authorized to be on Board 500 400 0 0 rj 4.4 • C:7 Section C 1) It is estimated that 490 participants will be referred to job interviews after the waiver is granted. The remaining 155 participants will not have to be referred to job interviews as we are certain that these partic- ipants will be absorbed into unsubsidized positions by their current employers. 2) Employability Development Plans have been prepared on all PSE participants for whom a waiver is being requested. 3) Estimated number of PSE participants for whom a waiver has been requested that we expect to place in: private sector 250 public sector 200 armed forces 10 school and/or training programs 56 4) All participants that are granted a waiver will receive individualized counseling and job placement assistance. In addition, they will have the services of the M.E.S.C. office available to them. The Prime Sponsor is confident that the job development efforts which will be expended for these individuals will be aggressive and successful. For a more detailed explanation of the job search assistance which will be available, please refer to sections 2(D), 2(G), 2(H), 2(3). 5) If a waiver is granted, all affected participants will be notified of their rescheduled termination date. In most instances, this will be done via a letter delivered to the participant by his/her supervisor. The remaining subrecipients intend to inform the participant of this extension verbally. Section D Oakland County, as the Prime Sponsor, assures that if it is unable to satisfy this plan for a particular quarter through transition, transfer efforts and normal attrition the participants shall be terminated from those specified groups in the plan. 5. Significant Segment Breakdown Report % to be waived % to be terminated Total served per without waiver most recent quarter OSPC (Thir Quarter) IID VI IID - VI IID VI i 51% , 59 49 41 426 666 56 54 44 46 415 730 0 10 100 90 140 172 32 31 68 69 123 _ 204 _ 59 60 41 40 499 820 53 58 47 42 58 145 _ _ " 62 62 38 38 21 55 , 44 50 56 50 615 1133 , 88 93 12 _ 7 195 210 . _ 83 80 17 20 20 33 _ . 100 0 0 100 8 15 _ . 0 0 0 100 3 5 Demographic Groups Male 5ex Female 22- 44 19 & Under 20-21 45-54 SS & Over White (Non-Hispanic) Black (Non-Hispanic) Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian or Pacific Islander -12- 6. Comments and Recommendations of the Manpower Planning Council Due to a serious time shortage, it was the Prime Sponsor's decision to submit this request prior to receiving the recommendations of the Manpower Planning Council. This request is scheduled to be presented to our Planning Council on August 29, 1979. At that time, we will forward their written recommendations as well as any additional comments received from labor organizations and the general public. .64 ' n•• PUBLIC NOTICE OAKLAND COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DIVISION • The Oakland County Employment and Training Division is planning to apply to the'U.S. Department of Labor for a temporary waiver of the 78-week participation limitation for 645 of its Public Service Employees who are scheduled to be terminated on September 30, 1979. The waiver application that is to be submitted requests the following revised termination schedule: • 93 Clerical/Office Workers to be4terminated by 12/31/79. 59 Professional/Technical employees to be terminated by 3/31/80. 118 Laborers/Maintenance Workers to be terminated by 6/30/80. 65 Teaching/Instructional employees to be terminated by 6/30/80. 67 Uniformed Services employees to be terminated by 9/30/80. 4 Conservation Workers to be terminated by 9/30/80. 27 Community Service employees to be terminated by 9/30/30. P.S.E. participants employed at the City of PontiAc will be terminated by seniority; the least senior employees being terminated first according to the following schedule: 46 Participants to be terminated .by 12/31/79. 46 Additional participants_Io_be_terminated by13/31/80. 46 Additional participants to be_terminated 13)1 6/30/80. 74 Additional participants to be terminated by 9/30/80. •• • . • ..• . This temporay waiver will allow the Oakland County Employment and Training Division additional time to transition its Public Service Employees into unsubsidized employment. This temporary waiver proposal will be available for public review and comment from Wednesday, August 8 through Friday, August 17, from 8:30 A.M.'until 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday at the following address: •. - Oakland. County Employment and Training Division 140 S. Saginaw, Suite #725 . Pontiac, MI 48058 Any questions or comments can be directed to Mr. Gary Danielson at this address or by calling (313) 858-5253. #9097 August 9, 1979 Moved by Hoot supported by Fortino the resolution be adopted. AYES: Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson, Pernick, Price, Roth, Wilcox, Aaron, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Dunaskiss, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Kelly. (22) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) 1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of .. N9C11'?99.9411 . Ic.)ty0.9.q.//.10.9.7..a.40.Rt.cd_VAI.PPYJNIAcpppXy.Ppv0 . pf ... .. . . with the original record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan this 9th day of August 19 7?.. Lynn D. Allen Clerk By Deputy Clerk