March 4, 2022
Ethnic Origin – Moving From Employment History PIMS to the Affordable Care Act System (ACAS
Action Required by Department: Share the following information with all human resource (HR) office employees.
Description: The California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) modified the Form 1070, State Employee Race/Ethnicity Questionnaire, to reflect seventeen (17) valid designation options in compliance with Assembly Bill 532 and Government Code Section 8310.9. To allow one or more selections per employee, the State Controller's Office (SCO) will implement a change to move the Ethnic Origin from Employment History PIMS to the Affordable Care Act System (ACAS) effective March 7, 2022.
Please see the resources below:
- Personnel Letter #22-006 - Ethnic Origin – Moving From Employment History PIMS to the Affordable Care Act System
- User Guide for Keying Ethnicity into ACAS
- Employee Race or Ethnicity FAQ
- Personnel Action Manual (PAM) revisions - Coming Soon!
Population Affected: All HR Offices
Contacts:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Email acasupport@sco.ca.gov
- Cal Employee Connect Email connecthelp@sco.ca.gov
- Cal Employee Connect Feedback Email connectfeedback@sco.ca.gov
- California Leave Accounting System (CLAS) Email Clas@sco.ca.gov
- ConnectHR Email (All HR Staff) connecthrhelp@sco.ca.gov
- ConnectHR Feedback Email (All HR Staff) connecthrhelp@sco.ca.gov
- CS Escalation Email (HR Supervisors and Managers) PPSDOps@sco.ca.gov
- HR Suggestions Email (All HR Staff) PPSDHRSuggestions@sco.ca.gov
- Management Information Retrieval System (MIRS) Email ppsdmirs@sco.ca.gov
- Statewide Customer Contact Center (916) 372-7200
SCO Key Initiatives:
Websites:
Extended Keying Calendar – March 2022
Action Required by Department: Share the following information with all human resources (HR) office employees.
Description: The State Controller's Office (SCO) has posted the Extended Keying Calendar for March 2022.
Population Affected: All HR Offices
Contacts:
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Email acasupport@sco.ca.gov
- Cal Employee Connect Email connecthelp@sco.ca.gov
- Cal Employee Connect Feedback Email connectfeedback@sco.ca.gov
- California Leave Accounting System (CLAS) Email Clas@sco.ca.gov
- ConnectHR Email (All HR Staff) connecthrhelp@sco.ca.gov
- ConnectHR Feedback Email (All HR Staff) connecthrhelp@sco.ca.gov
- CS Escalation Email (HR Supervisors and Managers) PPSDOps@sco.ca.gov
- HR Suggestions Email (All HR Staff) PPSDHRSuggestions@sco.ca.gov
- Management Information Retrieval System (MIRS) Email ppsdmirs@sco.ca.gov
- Statewide Customer Contact Center (916) 372-7200
SCO Key Initiatives:
Websites:
Personnel Letter #22-006: ETHNIC ORIGIN – MOVING FROM EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PIMS TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SYSTEM
Personnel Letter #22-006: ETHNIC ORIGIN – MOVING FROM EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PIMS TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SYSTEM has been published on the State Controller's Office (SCO) website located at: http://www.sco.ca.gov/ppsd_sco_letters.html.
You can go directly to this letter by clicking on the following address: https://www.sco.ca.gov/Files-PPSD-Letters/Pers/2022_e22-006.pdf.
Please direct your questions to the appropriate contact(s) listed in the Personnel Letter.
For your information, the State Human Resources Departments link on the SCO website offers various personnel/payroll related tools and resources. This information is located at: http://www.sco.ca.gov/ppsd_state_hr.html.
SCO Key Initiatives: