DATE: August 22, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Temporary Employee Referral Incentive Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve a temporary Employee Referral Incentive program, effective September 4, 2023, providing a referral incentive payment of up to $1,000 to any eligible, current County employee who successfully refers an individual applicant for employment in a Correctional Officer position.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will implement an Employee Referral Incentive program that will galvanize current County employees to recruit and refer applicants to the Sheriff's Office, specifically to be hired as Correctional Officers. The referral incentive will be up to one-thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per referral, split into two payments of five-hundred-dollars ($500.00) each, and will be paid by the Sheriff's Office. The program will remain in effect for a period of six months, with an optional six-month extension if approved by the County Administrative Officer. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board were to not approve this item, this temporary program would not go into effect and referral bonuses would not be issued.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Cost of referral bonuses will be contingent upon employees successfully referring an individual for employment in a Correctional Officer position in the Sheriff's Office. Sufficient appropriations are included in the Sheriff's Office Org 3111 FY 2023-24 Recommended Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The Sheriff's Office and the Department of Human Resources are proposing a temporary Employee Referral Incentive Program in an innovative response to the increased Correctional Officer vacancy rate the County has struggled to address since the pandemic and the Correctional Officer hiring requirements stipu...
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