South Shore Regional Library Board
Service Recognition Policy
January 1999

This program covers all permanent part/full-time staff. The dollar amounts should be reviewed every year and set for the next year, at the Annual meeting of the Board. The employees being recognized will have their employment anniversary dates between July 1 of the preceding year and June 30 of the current year. The Administrative Assistant will check employment records to ensure that all eligible employees are included in the program.

Recognition takes place at a gathering with sandwiches, tea, coffee, finger foods, at Library Administration before the Board's Annual meeting (which is usually the third Tuesday in June).

Eligible employees receive:

After five years employment	-	five-year certificate and a library pin
After ten	-	ten-year certificate, flowers, a book donated to the Library, with a bookplate, "Donated on behalf of ________ in honour of his (her) _________ years of service to the South Shore Regional Library." Employee chooses the book.
After 15	-	fifteen-year certificate, $25 gift certificate from place appropriate to employee's interests
After 20	-	twenty-year certificate, $50 gift certificate, special 20-year pin
After 25	-	twenty-five-year certificate, $75 gift certificate
After 30	-	thirty-year certificate, $100 gift certificate

• All certificates recognising years of service will be dry-mounted/laminated
• Substitutes would be recognised only when they join permanent staff. Hours worked as a substitute will be calculated and credited to their service, as is done for other benefits

Staff who do not want recognition. One staff member has expressed a preference not to have service recognised. This recognition program applies to all staff as Board Policy.

Inaugural recognition will include a library pin and certificate for all qualifying staff. Example: If you have worked at the Library for twelve years, at the inaugural recognition ceremony, you will receive a library pin and a ten-year certificate. Anyone entitled to twenty-year recognition will receive their 20 year pin at this time.

Resignation The Board will contribute to gifts for staff leaving after ten years' service, in these amounts: after 10-15 years, $25; after 16-20 years, $50; after 21-25 years, $75. The contribution could be combined with Staff Association funds allotted for these gifts or used for a separate gift. Gifts will be chosen in consultation with the supervisor and appropriate staff.

Retirement When a staff member retires, the Board will sponsor a dinner in his/her honour in a location chosen by the staff member. The event will be organized by a representative of the staff and a representative of the Board. The Board will pay for the dinner for that person and a guest. Any other staff and Board members and guests who attend will pay for their own meals. The Board will choose a retirement gift of a value prorated by length of service, not to exceed $250.

Approved by the
South Shore Regional Library Board
February 16, 1999