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MANAGEMENT UPDATE.

RECRUITING: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

One of the most common sentences we repeat about state and local government management is that practices vary. This is true both for big issues in human resources – for example, whether governments have paid time off for parental and family leave and how much is covered – but also for smaller decisions that rarely make it into public view. 


A discussion that was playing out recently on the Public Sector HR Association (PSHRA) forum focuses on when health benefits kick in for a new employee.



The conversation was sparked by a forum member. “I am curious what everyone’s health insurance waiting period is,” she wrote on October 31, adding that her own 28,000 population Midwest city has a 60-day waiting period and the city is thinking of making a change.


While a handful of other forum members have responded that new employees must wait 60 days before qualifying for health insurance coverage, a number of others reported that they provide health coverage much sooner – for example, on the first day of the month that follows the first day of employment. 


Still others provide health insurance on employment day one – a useful tool in a still highly competitive hiring environment. “We changed our policy a few years ago,” wrote one western middle-sized county HR official. “We found this is a good recruiting tool and makes for happier new employees.”


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