PROPOSED LANGUAGE
CURRENT LANGUAGE
NEW-HIRES: FIRST THREE MONTHS
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NEW-HIRES: FIRST THREE MONTHS
New-hires are the most likely to be injured during work—76% of all our injuries happen to those with less than one year on the job! So we have a safety incentive program just for new hires.
To help our new-hires understand the importance of and the how of construction safety, we take them through several online courses before we send them to the field to start work. We also require they read the entire Safety Handbook during their first 90 days with Hogan—and pay them for the time it takes to do that reading and give them bonuses if they do the reading on time.
The readings—and awards—are broken into three periods:
[Table of reading follows, but omitted here.]
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NEW-HIRE modifications to the
quarterly safety incentive
Since new-hires are or have been busy reading the entire Safety Handbook, your Quarterly Safety Incentive requirements are a little different from more seasoned employees.
- IN THE QUARTER YOU WERE HIRED
(refered to as your "HIRING QUARTER") - No QUARTERLY SAFETY INCENTIVE.
- THE QUARTER AFTER YOUR "HIRING QUARTER"
- Finish doing your Safety Handbook Reading and get the rest of your $150.
- QUARTERLY SAFETY AWARD (OPTIONAL*)
- ANY QUARTER AFTER #1 and #2 (ABOVE)
- You're now a seasoned employee! Woo hoo! Work hard. Stay safe.
- QUARTERLY SAFETY AWARD
- YEARLY SAFETY INCENTIVE
Instead, just keep reading your Safety Handbook. (The $150 you get for doing that reading is more than our seasoned employees get as their Quarterly Safety Incentive award, so a good deal for you.)
If you have finished your reading of the entire Safety Handbook, you can also do the Safety Courses assigned to your job classification for this quarter and get the standard QUARTERLY SAFETY AWARD ($100 and frequently Hogan-branded clothing or swag).
(If you did any of this quarter's Safety Courses as part of your new-hire training, you don't have to repeat them for this quarter.)
*Considered "optional" because it doesn't count for or against your YEAR SAFETY INCENTIVE, explained below.
You are now eligible for the standard QUARTERLY SAFETY AWARD if you do the Safety Courses and Safety Handbook readings assigned to your job classification for this quarter.
(Having previously done the courses or readings no longer counts. You will have to repeat them if they are part of this quarter's assignment.)
And doing this quarter's Safety Courses and Safety Handbook readings applies to your end-of-year YEARLY SAFETY INCENTIVE. (What, more money? Yep! It's described below.)
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NEW-HIRE modifications to the
quarterly safety incentive
New-hires are eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive per the column to the left, with these modifications:
Safety Handbook Reading and Quizzes
Any new-hire with a start date in the first month of a quarter (January, April, July, or October) will need to read both period-one (“Introduction” through “Other Policies”) and period-two (“Aerial Lifts” through “Rebar Caps”) readings (see previous page) to be eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive at the end of that quarter.
Any new-hire with a start date in the second month of a quarter (February, May, August, or November) will need to read only period-one (“Introduction” through “Other Policies”) readings to be eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive at the end of that quarter.
Any new-hire with a start date in the third month of a quarter (March, June, September, or December) will not be eligible for that quarter’s Quarterly Safety Incentive. These new-hires will need to have finished all three period-one, -two, and -three reading assignments to be eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive award for the quarter after their start date quarter.
All three types of new-hires (first-month, second-month, and third-month) will need to have done all of the new-hire readings (the complete Safety Handbook) to be eligible for any subsequent quarter’s Quarterly Safety Incentives (until they begin the regular reading schedule as described in the next sub-section).
EXAMPLE new-hire READING FOR
QUARTERLY SAFETY INCENTIVE AWARD
when do NEW-HIREs begin the sAMe reading schedule as everyone else
New-hires will have read the entire Safety Handbook and passed all the sectional quizzes during their first three months at Hogan. Consequently, they are not required to do the monthly reading assignments everyone else does until:
- First-, second-, and third-quarter start dates: These new-hires will start to reread the Safety Handbook on the following January 1, per the schedule in the Matrix.
- Fourth-quarter start dates: These new-hires will start to reread the Safety Handbook not on the following January 1, but starting with the January after that, one year out, and per the schedule in the Matrix.
(See the example new-hire year transition to regular reading schedule graphic below.)
They are, however, still eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive awards if they do the required coursework beginning with the month following their hire date (see new-hire coursework section, right column).
EXAMPLE new-hire YEAR transition to regular reading schedule
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New-hire Coursework
New-hires complete specific new-hire courses before starting in the field. They are paid for their time spent doing this training, though there are no financial incentives otherwise. (These courses are New-hire, EEO, Powered Industrial Trucks, Back Safety, and Silica. In addition, Iron Workers do Working from Heights and Steel Erection.)
Beginning with the first full month following their hire date, they are expected to complete the monthly coursework assigned for their respective job classifications (per the Matrix) just like seasoned employees (again, see illustration, below).
They receive pay compensation for this coursework per the Matrix.
There will be some months and may be a quarter when there will be no coursework scheduled.
PRORATED AWARD
As stated above, new-hires will be eligible for the Quarterly Safety Incentive awards if they complete their assigned coursework on time. Partial quarters, due to variability of when they start with Hogan, will have the quarterly incentive award prorated to match their personal training schedule (one-third or two-thirds of the total, again depending on when their start date).
EXAMPLE new-hire coursework start date
(start regular courses the first full month in the field)
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3. Yearly safety incentive for ALL FIELD EMPLOYEES
The “Seasoned Employee Annual Safety Award” ....
NEW-HIREs
New-hires can also receive the SEAS award, though it will be prorated to match the number of quarters they have been participating in the regular employee coursework.