Disclaimer
This tool uses AI to identify potential overlaps between your class specifications and a scope of work that may trigger labor notice requirements under AB 339. Results are based on available data and may not reflect all relevant context. These results are intended to support — not replace — human judgment. Holly is not responsible for actions taken based on this analysis.
What Is Holly’s AB 339 Report?
Holly’s tool makes the implementation of AB 339 much easier, more efficient, and more thorough by automating what is otherwise a daunting manual process.
California’s AB 339 requires public agencies to review personal services contracts and notify employee unions before contracting out work that could be performed by existing classified staff. While the intent is to provide unions with an opportunity to respond, the sheer scale of the task makes compliance difficult; manually reviewing hundreds of complex job classifications against every incoming contract is often unrealistic.
Holly’s AB 339 Report solves this challenge through:
Automated Comparison: The report ingests your contracts and automatically parses through all of your class specifications to surface the classifications with overlap.
Precision Flagging: This tool categorizes job specs by levels of overlap (High, Some, Minimal, or None) regarding the tasks outlined in the contract. Additionally, for each specification, the tool provides a short paragraph that details how the contract does (or does not) overlap with the specification’s duties.
Better Decision Making: By filtering out the noise, your team can make faster, better-informed decisions about exactly what unions need to be noticed.
Common Use Cases
Identifying Classifications You'd Never Think to Check
Job classification titles often don't reflect the actual work performed. Holly reads the full text of every published class spec — not just the title — and compares it against the contract's scope of work. This surfaces overlaps that would be easy to miss manually.
For example: a contract for an annual wildlife training program at an airport may not seem related to your Environmental Specialist series. But when Holly compares the contract's duties (analyzing wildlife ecology, applying environmental regulations, preparing technical reports) against your full spec catalog, it identifies Environmental Specialists I, II, and III as high-overlap classifications — results that are difficult to reach through manual review alone, especially in a large organization.
Replacing Manual Review of Hundreds of Pages
A full manual review of every spec for every incoming contract is not feasible. Holly processes your entire published catalog automatically, returning a ranked list of results in minutes. Your team can focus its analytical effort on the handful of classifications that actually warrant a closer look.
Supporting a Countywide Perspective
AB 339 requires you to consider all classified positions countywide — not just those in the contracting department. A department may have no Environmental Specialists of its own, but if that classification exists elsewhere in your organization, it still applies. Holly's report reflects your full catalog by default.
How to Run an AB 339 Report
Navigate to the Reports section in Holly's left sidebar.
Click New Report and select AB 339 Contract Overlap Analysis.
Enter a report title (e.g., "Annual Wildlife Training Program").
Paste the contract text into the provided field — even a brief scope of work is enough to begin.
Upload all parts of the contract, including the full scope of work. Holly works from whatever contract language you provide, but more detail yields more precise results.
Click Run Report.
Holly will begin scanning each of your published class specifications against the contract. A progress indicator at the top of the page shows how many specs have been reviewed. You can expand or minimize this window, navigate elsewhere in the platform, or start additional reports while this one runs.
Note: The AB 339 Report scans only your imported or published class specifications. Draft specs in progress are excluded from the analysis.
Understanding Your Results
Results are organized by the degree of overlap between your classifications and the contracted scope of work. These categories are designed to help your agency determine which specs you should provide notice for.
High Overlap The classification's duties strongly correspond to the contracted scope of work.
Some Overlap There are partial connections between the specification and the contract. These represent the most critical area for internal review, as they require determination on whether the overlap is significant enough to warrant notice.
Minimal Overlap Very little overlap. These matches are provided for agencies that prefer a highly conservative approach; you can review our reasoning to ensure no nuanced duties were missed.
No Overlap No meaningful connection was found between this classification and the contract.
Viewing the Reasoning
Hover over any classification in the results list to see the specific overlapping duties Holly identified — pulled directly from the class spec and compared against the contract language. This gives you a plain-language explanation of why a classification was flagged, without needing to open the spec itself.
Working with Your Results
Coming Soon: Selecting Classifications to Notice
Soon, you will be able to use a dropdown next to each classification to mark which ones you plan to notice. You can check and uncheck as you review the overlap reasoning.
Exporting the Report
Click Export to download the report as a file. The export includes:
Each classification reviewed and its overlap level.
The bargaining unit(s) associated with flagged classifications.
A summary of Holly's overlap reasoning for each result.
This gives you the union list needed to draft notices, and creates a documented record of your review process for compliance and audit purposes.
Running Multiple Reports Concurrently
You can start multiple AB 339 reports at the same time. Each runs independently in the background, so you don't need to wait for one to finish before submitting another. This is useful when reviewing a batch of contracts during a high-volume period.
Conclusion
Check back as the feature evolves. Holly continues to improve the AB 339 Report based on how agencies are using it. If you have feedback on results or workflow, share it with [email protected].