The group will review data from both the past year and the upcoming 2000 appraisal cycle and make recommendations for improvements to the current process. The college created the Employee Excellence Awards, a peer-nominated, peer selected, employee recognition program. As part of an all college diversity initiative, HR has created a new recruitment function - promoting Serena Harris to be the new Recruitment Coordinator for the college. A bonus mechanism for supervisors to acknowledge and reward individuals on their staff for exceptional work was created. HR held 12 open information sessions on health care, meeting with about 500 staff.
HR has a new communications plan that is being refined and implemented.
The staff of Human Resources is actively meeting with the community. Lianne has continued her meetings with Staff Council, and her walks with Staff Council President Scott Girard. In our meeting with the Staff Council Personnel Policy group we were asked to do more to publicize the bonus funding mechanism so that everyone would have access to the same information. Staff Council invited Lianne to discuss and take questions about this new bonus mechanism at the November 17 community forum. During this lively forum, Lianne fielded a number of questions from the community, 'including one about the duration of this new process.