Common use of EVALUATIONS AND MERIT INCREASES Clause in Contracts

EVALUATIONS AND MERIT INCREASES. Section 1. All employees in the County will be evaluated at least once annually, approximately ninety (90) days prior to December 31. Section 2. Both the employee and the supervisor shall participate in the evaluations. The employee shall be given an opportunity to examine all evaluations and discuss the evaluation with his/her immediate supervisor and to sign the evaluation form to indicate that he/she has done so, although his/her signature on the form does not necessarily indicate his/her agreement with the evaluation. In the event an employee refuses to sign an evaluation form, the supervisor and the employee may each call another employee as a witness to the refusal to sign and shall sign as a witness to the employee's refusal to sign the form. Any additional comments, statements, or objections by the employee to the evaluation may be submitted on an attached memorandum, and the presence of such attachment must be noted on the evaluation form itself by the employee, and become a permanent part of the employee's record. The employee shall receive a copy of the evaluation at that time and the evaluation shall be placed in the employee's personnel file. Once an employee has signed the evaluation form, Management shall not make any further changes. Section 3. Less than satisfactory evaluations must be preceded by at least a written notice given when the employee's performance falls below acceptable standards. The notice will specify the areas in which the performance is not satisfactory. Section 4. The Union and Management will meet no later than July 31, 2022 to explore the creation of a merit incentive program.