Employee Referral Form

 Project Vida Employee Referral Incentive Program 

Purpose

The purpose of the Employee Referral Incentive Program is to provide an incentive award to a current employee who brings new talent to the agency by referring applicants who are subsequently selected and successfully employed in a listed open position.

Eligibility and Participation

Applicant - Applicants are persons not currently employed with Project Vida/Project Vida Health Center.

Referring Employee - All employees are eligible to receive a referral Incentive with the exception of at least the following:

- Co-Directors/CEO

- Employees whose regular, recurring, jobs include the recruitment of employees.

- Selecting manager/supervisor or other persons associated with the selection of the candidate

Positions - Positions eligible for an Incentive must be a publicly published position.  Candidates referred by staff members must be evaluated in the same manner as others.

Referral Incentive Amount

·       Under these guidelines, an employee may receive multiple Incentives, the total of which may not exceed $2,000 in any fiscal year (Sept-Aug).

·       Incentive payments will be paid in a lump sum as additional pay once the new employee has completed six months of employment. Payments cannot be prorated if the new employee’s employment ends with Project Vida before six months of employees. Incentive payment is subject to payroll withholding taxes.

·       Incentives can be structured as follows:

              o $500 referral additional pay awarded if the open position is an hourly position,

              o $1,000 referral additional pay awarded if the open position is a salary position,

              o $1,500 referral additional pay awarded if the open position is a prescribing provider position.

Referral Incentive Administration

 The incentive operates in accordance with the following organization requirements:

·       Incentives are awarded at the discretion of management with the Co-Directors or their designee having final  approval authority.

·       Funding for the program must come from existing agency resources.

·       The Agency will provide a form for completion and submission by either the applicant or the referring employee with the applicant’s application indicating that the referring employee has made the referral.

·        Referred candidates cannot be current employees of the organization in any capacity, to include temporary, temporary grant, part-time, time-limited projects, or contract employees. Both the referring employee and the referred candidate must be employed by the organization when any referral bonus is paid.

·       The hiring process will be fair and consistent with organization policy and procedures, with no bias for or against candidates whose selection might make another employee eligible for a referral incentive.