Personal Care Attendant Quality
Home Care Workforce Council
600 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Personal Care Attendant Quality Home Care
Workforce Council
One Ashburton Place
Boston, MA 02108
Council Meeting – Executive Session
Minutes
/ October 8, 2013 / 3:37 P.M. / 1 Ashburton Place, Conference Room 3, 21st FloorcoUNCIL
members in attendance / Paul Spooner, Joe Tringali, Jennifer James, Rosalie Edes, Denise Harvey, Ann Ackil
Council members not in attendance / Kristen McCosh and Tony Williams
Staff attending / Jack Boesen, Michelle Byrd
chair / Rosalie Edes
Note taker / Michelle Byrd
Rosalie Edes called the Executive Session to order at 3:37 p.m. She asked Council members to agree to have Leanne Winchester participate in the session. Members of the Council agreed.
Rosalie addressed the roll-out date of January 1, 2014 as stated in the side letter. She believes with the current schedule for developing the curriculum faced by the orientation workgroup, a roll-out date of July 1, 2014 is ambitious therefore she proposes a change in the roll-out date to the side letter.
The proposal to the union would push back the full imiplementation date to January 1, 2015. This change reflects the need to pilot the program. A revised schedule would include:
- January 1- June 30, 2014 Pilot phase focusing on recruitement of participants
- July 1 – December 31, 2014 Staged implementation of the program. This period would involve required participation with no penalty for not completing orientation within six months of employment.
- January 1, 2015 Full implementation requiring participation by all new hires, with sanctions imposed for noncompliance.
Rosalie asked for a motion to open discussions with the union. Paul Spooner made the motion to extend the deadline for full implementation of the orientation training to January 1, 2015 and to accommodate a pilot program beginning January, 2014. PCAs participating in the pilot phase will receive compensation. Ann Ackil seconded the motion and it passed unanimously with the following roll-call vote:
Ann Ackil – aye
Joe Tringali – aye
Paul Spooner – aye
Jennifer James – aye
Denise Harvey – aye
Rosalie Edes asked for a motion to adjourn the Executive Session. The motion was seconded and Council members agreed by the following roll-call vote:
Ann Ackil – aye
Joe Tringali – aye
Paul Spooner – aye
Jennifer James – aye
Denise Harvey – aye
The Executive Session ended at 4:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Michelle Byrd