Memorandum
Date: March 12, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Pam Samac, Human Resources Director
Subject: Consideration of Updated Hiring Incentive Policy to allow Department Heads to Automatically Qualify for the Hiring Incentive
Executive Summary:
Staff submits for your Board’s consideration and approval the attached updated Hiring Incentive Policy.
Staff recommends the following changes to the County of Lake Hiring Incentives Policy:
• Add a provision to allow the Department Heads to automatically qualify for the hiring incentive without meeting the hard-to-fill criteria.
Department Head Recruitments
• Hiring incentive of 10% of the annual rate of pay not to exceed $10,000.
• Automatically qualify for the hiring incentive.
• The hiring incentive will be made in three payments as follows:
§ The first payment of 50% will be made to an employee within the next available pay period following the date of hire.
§ The second payment of 25% will be made within the next payroll following the12th month of employment.
§ The third payment of 25% will be made within the next payroll following two (2) years of employment.
• The employee must remain employed with the County for two (2) years or repay the incentive on a pro-rated basis.
• The employee shall authorize such repayment as a payroll deduction from the final paycheck, and/or repay any shortage not covered in the final paycheck with a personal check payable to the County of Lake within 15 days of termination.
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Recommended Action: Approve updated Hiring Incentive Policy to allow Department Heads to automatically qualify for the hiring incentive.