Human Resource Services
Training and Development - New Employee Orientation
New Employee Orientation is a mandatory information/benefits enrollment session conducted for all new employees. It is vital for new employees to attend orientation within thirty days of their start date. If you are a new employee who has been working for twenty or more days and have not received an invitation to orientation, please contact Emily Foust, 256-0342.
NEO sessions are scheduled from 8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. in the
Human Resource Services Training room located at 113 Bryan Bldg. There are frequent breaks provided
throughout the day.
New Employee Orientation is a mandatory information/benefits enrollment session conducted for all new employees. It is vital for new employees to attend orientation within thirty days of their start date. If you are a new employee who has been working for twenty or more days and have not received an invitation to orientation, please contact Emily Foust, 256-0342.
NEO sessions are scheduled from 8:15 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. in the Human Resource Services Training room located at 113 Bryan Bldg. There are frequent breaks provided throughout the day.
Note:New Employees are invited to the NEO session scheduled closest to employee's start date. An official invitation letter is mailed to the employee's home address once an offer of employment has been accepted. Supervisors of new SPA employees are also notified via email of the new employee's scheduled NEO date.
NEO Resources
- NEO Reference Guide (.pdf)
- Orientation Presentations
- EPA Online Orientation Slideshow
- Secondary employment information/form (.pdf)
NEO Dates
- October 6 and 20
- November 3 and 17
- December 15
- January 5 and 19
- February 9 and 23
- March 9 and 23
- April 6 and 20
- May 4 and 18
- June 8 and 22
NEO Agenda
| Time | Presenter (Dept) | Topic Covered |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am - 8:15am | Emily Foust (HRS) Gwenne Causey (HRS) |
• EPA Participants Arrive. • Campus Tour Slideshow playing as attendees arrive. |
| 8:15am - 8:45am | Emily Foust (HRS) | • EPA Optional Retirement Program presentation |
| 8:45am - 9:00am | BREAK | • Break and ORP Q&A. • SPA Participants Arrive. • Campus Tour Slideshow playing as attendees arrive. |
| 9:00am - 9:30 | Jason Morris (HRS) | • Warm-up • HRS Mission • First Few Days Checklist • EPA v. SPA • EPA-HR Office • UNCG Organization Charts • Program Manager role • Career Banding • PMP/work plan • T&D Program • Staff Perks & Senate |
| 9:30am - 10:40 | Emily Foust (HRS) | • All benefits (except ORP) presented to both SPA and EPA participants. • A benefits representative will be back after lunch to accept forms, answer individual questions, etc. |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | BREAK | |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Gwenne Causey (HRS) | • Leave policies • ADA • Dual Employment • Secondary Employment (.pdf) • UNCGenie • Overtime policy (.pdf) • FMLA (.pdf) • Smoking, Drugs & Alcohol • Campus Police • Violence in the Workplace Policy • EAP • Affirmative Action • Adverse Weather Policy • Sexual Harassment |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:20pm - 1:45pm | Emily Foust (HRS) | • Q & A with Benefits representative, enrollment form processing, etc… |
| 1:45pm - 2:15pm | Judy Guard (ITS) Mark Tebault (ITS) |
• Introduction to ITS services and resources. |
| 2:15pm - 2:50pm | Donna Spoon (Office of Safety) | • Safety policy and procedures at UNCG. |
| 2:50pm - 3:00pm | BREAK | |
| 3:00pm - 3:25pm | Jason Marshburn (OEM) | • Emergency Management Procedures. |
| 3:25pm - 3:45pm | Rachel Grant (OWRR) | • Sustainability Efforts at UNCG. |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Hoyte Phifer (Facillities) | • Facilty Operations |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Gwenne Causey (HRS) | • Behind-on items, Closing, questions, Jeopardy review |
*Please note: some items require the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, which can be downloaded from the Adobe web site.