Employee Expectations Career Pathway Experience

Payments You can expect your employer to pay you for the work you do! –Employer should deduct income taxes –Should set aside money for social security and worker’s compensation

Payments Wages: Pay received for hourly work –You should receive overtime pay if you work over 40 hours a week. Do you remember how to calculate overtime?

Payments Salary: is a fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time, usually a year or a month. –Receive the same amount each pay period whether they work more hours or not. –Most managers, supervisors, and company executives receive a yearly salary. –THEY DO NOT RECEIVE OVERTIME!!

Payments Commissions: a payment that is a percentage of the total amount sold by a salesperson. –If you sell $1,000 worth of vacuum cleaners and you receive a 50% commission, how much pay would you receive?

Payments –Most employers will pay you a wage or salary until you learn the product. After you learn, your pay is based on commissions and less on the wage or salary.

Safe Working Conditions Your employer should provide safe working conditions for ALL workers. –You should NOT use machines that could be dangerous to operate –You have the right to expect your employer to fix faulty equipment

Training Your employer should provide you with training to learn the job at hand You may be asked to watch an experienced worker do the job you will be doing Your employer may even send you to school or training offsite

Introductions Your employer should introduce you to all of your co-workers!! –This common courtesy is one you can expect but is not always observed. –If not, then you will have to be brave and introduce yourself.

Explanations Your employer should explain company policies, rules, and regulations –Ask questions for further explanations!! –Your employer should explain any changes that affect you and your work. –What could change? Duties, working relationships, salary, and vacation schedules. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHY THINGS CHANGE!!!

Evaluations Your employer should evaluate you and your work! –They will monitor how you get along with co- workers. –A work evaluations will be prepared, such as a written report on your job performance. These evaluations may determine if you whether or not you are promoted, given a raise, kept in the same position or fired.

Discussing the Evaluation Your employer may or may not discuss the evaluation. –It should be discussed in PRIVATE –The employer should discuss strengths and weaknesses –Employer’s purpose is to make you a better worker!!! –If you follow your employers suggestions, you have a better chance of receiving high pay in the future.

Honesty Just as your employer expects YOU to be honest, you can expect YOUR employer to be honest. –They should pay you when they say they are going to pay you –They should not deny you any benefits or privileges to which you are entitled

Fairness Freedom from Discrimination: In the workplace, discrimination means treating someone unfairly because of prejudice. –Ex: Racial, sexual, religious, or age-related discrimination are most common. Disabled individuals fall into this category too! Laws to protect against this discrimination include the Equal Employment Opportunity Act.

Fairness Equal Employment Opportunity Act: –Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act –Forbids discrimination by employers against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Age Discrimination Act of 1967: –Makes it illegal to discriminate against people over 40 in hiring or on the job

Fairness Rehabilitation Act of 1973: –This protects people with physical or mental disabilities from discrimination as well. –Purpose of these laws is to be certain that people are judged on the basis of their ability to do the job. –Fair Labor Standards Act: sets the standards for fair treatment in three main areas – child labor, wages and hours, and equal pay.

Fringe Benefits These are given to full time employers who have been with the company for six months or more. –Health insurance – cost is usually shared by the employer and employee –Retirement plans –Bonuses –Other insurance such as long term and short term disability –Child Care – with more than half of working women being mothers, larger companies are assisting with day care or providing day care facilities for working moms!

Standard Separation Procedures It is bound to happen, people lose their jobs. –Termination notice: this means you have been fired! This is a statement from your employer that says you have been terminated from your job with the company. –Don’t put all the blame on the company. –Think about what happened and how you could have prevented it!!

Standard Separation Procedures Layoff notice: is a statement from your employer that your period of employment is over, usually temporarily. –This is NOT the same as being FIRED. –Employees are laid off because their employers cannot afford to pay their wages.

Standard Separation Procedures It is customary for employers to notify you if you are to be laid off. –Some employers may give you a severance pay: You receive a check from your job if you laid off.

Standard Separation Procedures Unemployment Compensation: is money given to people who have recently become unemployed. –Provided for a limited time to those who are able to work and who are actively seeking jobs. –To qualify: certain amount of money earned prior to losing job. –Part time students do not usually qualify because their yearly earnings do not meet the minimum requirements.