C REATING P OSITIVE F IRST I MPRESSIONS : H OW TO W ELCOME AND O RIENT N EW E MPLOYEES

What do you remember about your first day?What do you remember about your first day? 1 What was your greatest fear?What was your greatest fear? 2 Did your fear become reality?Did your fear become reality? 3 Your First Day

Recruiting, Hiring, Training Time consuming process Expensive Heavier work load – Employee walks out the door after 3 months

Onboarding What is Onboarding?

O NBOARDING : N OT JUST FOR N EW EMPLOYEES *Managers feel the stress Make new employee feel welcome Establish responsibilities Orienting them to their new position

Employee Retention and success is ultimate goal of onboarding. Successful onboarding: reduce turnover and encourage long term employment

Fair Labor Standards Act The Fair Labor Standards Act is a 1938 federal law which established 40 hour work week and overtime standards For our purposes, the law divides employees into two groups – exempt and non-exempt Non-exempt employees (meaning those who are not “exempt” from the law must be given overtime when working more than 40 hours in a week.

Non-Exempt employees include: All AFSCME employees Almost all MAPE employees at 5L through 7L and many at 10L As well as lower level supervisory jobs

Exempt employees include: High level MAPE and supervisory employees and all managerial employees They are expected to work the hours it takes to get the work done, usually more than 80 hours/pay period These employees do not receive overtime or comp time Exempt Employees Exempt employees can be afforded more flexibility in hours Do not treat exempt employees as non-exempt