CIRA’s experienced staff is available to members as a consultant and resource specialist in areas such as:
- Litigation Management
- Proactive Incident and Claim Resolution
- Representation at Mediation and Settlement Conferences
- Preserving Governmental Immunities
- Specialist and Resource Referrals
- Legislative and Regulatory Compliance
- Contractual Risk Transfer
- Liebert, Cassidy, Whitmore (“LCW”) Consortium
Rent a Risk Manager Program
As part of the CIRA Rent a Risk Manager Program, each member will be provided a minimum of four days of dedicated onsite service annually, with larger members receiving up to eight days. The initial site visit will include a loss analysis and a comprehensive risk assessment. The risk assessment is intended to evaluate your operations for general liability and workers’ compensation exposures, your City’s compliance with state and federal regulations, and adherence to industry best practices. The assessment is also designed to identify potential exposures, to provide recommendations to correct/mitigate those hazards, and to improve current practices and/or policies to better manage risks. Subsequent visits will be dedicated to addressing the findings from the risk assessment and assisting member in implementing the suggested recommendations, as well as providing other services in consultation with the member such as:
- Employee safety training
- Ergonomic assessments
- Safety inspections
- Safety and Risk Control Program development
- Implementation of online training
- Implementation of online safety inspection platform
- Contract reviews
On average, the risk assessment will require two days to complete and will include reviewing risk program policies/procedures, meetings with department heads, and inspecting city facilities. .
As part of the Rent a Risk Manager program, CIRA has contracted with Boretti, Inc., an EHS consulting firm with over 30 years of risk and safety consulting experience. Rollie Cochran is our assigned risk control consultant and will be assisting CIRA part of the Rent a Risk Manager program. .
We are excited to introduce this new program to CIRA and look forward to visiting your city. If you have any questions about the program or want us to schedule your city sooner, call 916-926-2842 or eyoung@cira-jpa.org.
ERMA
Our Employment Practices Liability pool, ERMA, regularly offers live regional training throughout the state. Training topics include: Sexual Harassment; Managing, Counseling, and Disciplining Employees; Accommodating Disabled Employees; Social Media; and Free Speech and the Public-Sector Workplace. Please refer to the ERMA website to find a training near you!
ERMA Attorney Hotline
Members have access to free legal consultation through ERMA with either Jackson Lewis or Liebert Cassidy Whitmore via the attorney hotline. The purpose is to provide upper-level management an opportunity to ask questions and receive professional consultation regarding labor and employment law related issues. Hotline questions should be routine questions regarding terminations, leaves of absence, harassment allegations, etc. Questions are restricted to the issues and areas of law that could become covered occurrences under the ERMA Memorandum of Coverage (MOC). Each member is eligible to receive one hour of free legal advice per month through ERMA. The attorney will inform the caller if the subject of a call is not covered by the service. The firms will not provide policy or handbook reviews, conduct legal research of more than a simple question, or write letters of opinion as part of the service. Both Jackson Lewis and LCW provide personnel policy review and updates for a pre-set fee under ERMA. Grant funds may be used for updates and policy review/revisions.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Employment Relations Consortium (ERC)
The ERC is comprised of local agencies, school, and community college districts joined together to secure quality employment relations services. This includes training and workshops, monthly newsletters, and unlimited telephone consultation with a labor attorney. CIRA purchases this service for it members. Please contact (310) 981-2000 or info@lcwlegal.com
in2Vate
in2vate, our training partner through ERMA, offers online modules on Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (AB1825 compliant) and Ethics Training (AB1234 compliant). In addition, a suite of modules is available related to human resources/supervisory training including Interviewing Strategies, Personnel Files, Sensitivity Basics, and Workplace Investigations. Access online training by visiting in2vate.com/erma. A username and password are required. If you have misplaced your username and password, please follow the instructions on in2vate’s home page.