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3 <br />3. Are these problems mare signif cant now than in the past? Why <br />Yes. This results from the tight labor market in this area, particulazly for technical and skilled <br />positions. <br />4. Why are applicants told the position is time limited and the ending date? <br />For the County to maintain the legal right to terminate the employee in the time limited <br />position if the position ends without application of a reduction in force process or other due <br />process, it is necessary to have clearly informed the employee as part of the employment offer <br />of the position's time limited status and end date, absent Board action to make the position <br />permanent or extend it. <br />Advising applicants through the opening announcement of the position's time limited status <br />and end date eliminates candidates from the applicant pool who are not willing to accept this <br />condition of employment. This avoids the situation where the department expends time on <br />the recruitment and selection process only to have the candidate withdraw from consideration. <br />S. When time limited positions reach the end of the time limit, what has been <br />happening with them? <br />Appendix A shows the number of time limited positions established over the past six yeazs <br />and the disposition of each position. Of the 22 time limited positions established in this <br />period: <br />- 10 have been made permanent, <br />- 11 have either been extended or the ending date has not yet occurred, and <br />- One has ended. <br />G. How many time limited positions does the County have now and which ones are <br />they? <br />Attachment 2 lists the present 17 time limited positions. <br />7. Why do we use the term time limited? Could another term be used? <br />The County's use of the term permanent time limited appazently was based on State <br />government's use of this term. The term "permanent" denotes the policy, pay and benefits <br />coverage that applies to the position under the Orange County Personnel Ordinance. In all <br />respects except the time limit, the position is the same as other permanent positions and the <br />employee in the position receives the same benefits provided to other permanent employees. <br />Another term could be used, It would forestall the need far extensive policy re-writing if that <br />term continued to have the term "permanent" in it such as "Permanent -Subject to Review" <br />