2022 HR Insider Newsletter Summer edition

Spring 2022

Request to Attend a Conference, Training or Symposium Human Resources

Online Training and Development Training

A Request to Attend Conference, Training or Symposium form and the Salary Reduction Agreement if applicable, must be completed and approved via NeoGov prior to re- gistering/paying for an event and/or requesting reimbursement for con - ference expenses.

Once these forms have been appro- ved electronically in NeoGov, you may then submit your requisition in the Intacct system and must upload your approved Request to Attend a Conference as supporting docu- mentation. Once the requisition has been approved, you may then regis- ter/pay for the event. If requesting reimbursement for conference ex- penses, you will need to submit the

receipts via Intacct. Requests that go outside of this pro - cess, may be delayed and/or denied. Please reach out to Margaret Ross at extension 110 if you need assis- tance navigating NeoGov or have questions regarding the Request to Attend a Conference, Training or Symposium form.

Defensive Driving Online Training Wednesday, July 20th On July 20th staff will receive an external email from Comedy Defensive Driving. This email will contain login instructions and the direct link to the online learning platform. Staff must complete this mandatory, six-hour, De - fensive Driving course within two weeks. Upon completion of the course, you will have the ability to download your Certifcate of Completion. You may submit your Certifcate of Completion to your insurance carrier for auto insurance discounts. Human Resources will obtain a copy of your Certifcate of completion for your training records via Comedy Driving. Harassment Awareness and Diversity/Inclusion Training Thursday, September 8th This mandatory training will be facilitated by Kemp Smith via Zoom. Morning Non-Supervisory Session 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. A meeting invite via Outlook has been sent to those designated to attend. Please plan accordingly. Mid-Day Supervisory Session 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. A meeting invite via Outlook has been sent to those designated to attend. Please plan accordingly. On the day of the event, click the link provided on your Outlook calendar to join the discussion. Once the training has been completed, staff will be assigned the Harassment Awareness & Diversity/Inclusion Training Acknowl - edgement via NeoGov. Mission Square Retirement Webinar: Estate Planning Thursday, September 22nd, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. An effective estate plan can help ensure your family’s fnancial needs will be taken care of, and that your personal wishes will be carried out in the event of your death. Learn how to create your plan for your family. To REGIS- TER for this event, click HERE: Service Desk Training Wednesday, September 28th, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The IT department will discuss the process for submitting requests via Service Desk. Topics include: service desk access, access to service desk through global protect portal, navigating service desk, review service desk catego- ries, how to submit a request, and how to view the status of a request. To JOIN, click the following link on the day of the event: Service Desk Training We encourage all employees to sign up for webinars as they become available and continue to explore online tra - ining resources. Check out our HR Training/Events Calendar in SharePoint for upcoming virtual events designed for the EAA. In addition, online training is available thru Fred Pryor, NeoGov, TML, and New Horizons. Please contact Margaret Ross if you have any questions or have difficulty logging into these portals. 3rd Quarter Virtual Events

Bereavement Leave An employee may use up to one week of accrued sick leave as bereavement leave for the event of death of an immediate family member. An immediate family member is defned as an employee’s spouse, father, mother, sister, brother, daughter, son, stepfather, step- mother, stepsister, stepdaughter or stepson. An employee may use up to three consecutive days of accrued sick leave as bereavement leave in the event of death of the employee’s father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, neph- ew or cousin. Employees are allowed up to four hours of accrued sick leave as bereavement leave to attend the funeral of a fellow regular employee or retiree of the EAA, provided such absence from duty will not interfere with normal operations. Requests that do not fall under the categories listed above may be submitted through Human Resources for General Manager approval or an employee may choose to utilize their personal leave as bereavement leave.

When submitting a request to utilize sick leave/per - sonal leave as bereavement in ADP, an employee will need to include one of the Reason Codes below: Reason Code: BEREAV SL This Reason Code is to be used when requesting to use sick leave as bereavement leave. BEREAV PL This Reason Code is to be used when requesting to use personal leave as bereavement leave. See below example of Time Off Request in ADP:

For more informa- tion on the use of sick/personal leave, please refer to the Leave of Absence (Non-Medical) Ad- ministrative Pro- cedure located in

SharePoint and ADP. Please reach out to Margaret Ross, ext. 110 if you need assistance navigating ADP or have questions regarding the use of sick/personal leave as bereavement.

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