Report 2017-030 Recommendation 3 Responses

Report 2017-030: The State Bar of California: It Needs Additional Revisions to Its Expense Policies to Ensure That It Uses Funds Prudently (Release Date: June 2017)

Recommendation #3 To: Bar of California, State

To better align its compensation practices with those of comparable agencies, the State Bar should update and formalize its salaries and benefits policies by requiring a contribution rate to health care costs for nonrepresented employees that is equal to the contribution rate for represented employees by January 2018.

60-Day Agency Response

In April, 2017, the Board of Trustees modified the State Bar's Executive and Confidential Staff Rules to require health care cost sharing at a rate equal to the contribution rate for represented employees, effective January 1, 2018.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2017-030

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.