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Recognition celebrates an effort beyond the call of duty.  \nAwards  \nGifts for significant achievement  \nAcknowledgment  \nSpecial recognition forgoing above and beyond (GEM/TIA)  \nAppreciation  \nInformal verbal recognition and authentic encouragement  \nCompensation  \nPay for performance  \nPurpose  \nThe City of Evans recognizes the importance of motivating, compensating, and developing employees. As such, we encourage opportunities to recognize individual and team efforts. This program is intended to provide guidelines for recognizing and rewarding accomplishments that are congruent with our mission, vision, EDGE values, and objectives of City operations. The effectiveness of this program is rooted in our ability to provide recognition that is viewed by employees as valuable and meaningful.  \nProgram  \nThe Employee Recognition Program provides opportunities for employees and supervisors to recognize subordinates, supervisors, and coworkers for individual/team achievements in such areas as customer relations, service, suggestions, safety, special skills, task forces, projects, superior performance, and heroism.  \nAppreciation  \nShowing authentic appreciation is by far the most effective way to exhibit employee recognition with lasting significance. While money is important to all of us, what tends to motivate us more abundantly is the timely, thoughtful, personal kind of recognition that signifies true admiration for a job well done. There are many examples and opportunities for informal recognition and supervisors are encouraged to incorporate this type of recognition into daily interaction with employees and coworkers.  \nAwards  \nThere are occasions when it is appropriate to award an individual employee or a team:  \n▪ Exceptional service to an employee, citizen, or other customer  \n▪ Efficiency, effectiveness, innovation, and productivity in job performance  \n▪ Outstanding demonstration of the City’s values  \n▪ Commitment to safety  \n▪ Performance involving overcoming unusual difficulties  \n▪ Teamwork and cooperation in working with fellow employees to effectively attain project goals  \n▪ Effective demonstration/utilization of a special skill not included in the employee’s regular duties  \n▪ Actions that help to significantly: (1) eliminate waste; or (2) conserve taxpayer dollars  \n▪ An idea or method that increases the operational efficiency of a process  \nAs a caution, the purpose is not to reward:  \n▪ Employees for meeting job expectations  \n▪ Only highly visible activities  \n▪ Individuals when it took an entire team to achieve success or an entire team when only a few individuals were the key to success  \n▪ Employees due to your feelings of pressure or guilt  \n▪ Employees for effectively “fighting fires” due to lack of planning or poor execution  \nAcknowledgment  \nWhile appreciation is incredibly important in overall employee recognition, acknowledging a person’s inherent value is equally esteemed. The point of acknowledgment may not point out a specific accomplishment , rather it recognizes their worth as a colleague and takes notice of adherence to our EDGE values.  \nAdministrative Guidelines  \nNon-monetary awards will be presented and processed at the department level so employees may be recognized in accordance with the values and priorities of their respective work units. Some examples of non-monetary or de minimis (as outlined in Publication 15-B of the IRS Tax Code) awards include verbal appreciation/recognition; thank you notes; plaques; trophies; certificates; pen/pencil sets; desk items; mugs; caps, shirts/sweatshirts; occasional parties/picnics; food items; occasional theater or sporting event tickets. All monetary awards (cash and cash equivalents—i.e. , gift cards/certificates) will result in tax liability for the employee. See the Finance Department for tax liability questions.  \nCity Recognition ","cbCaioKB9RN6bU1y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioKB9RN6bU1y","pdf",217448,"English","# Awards\n## Gifts for significant achievement\n## Acknowledgment\n## Appreciation\n# Compensation and Purpose\n## Pay for performance\n## Program goals\n# Administrative Guidelines\n## Non-monetary awards\n## Monetary awards and tax liability\n# City Recognition Programs\n## Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Award\n## GEM Program Criteria\n## Teams In Action (TIA) Award","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the Exceptionally Evans Employee Recognition Program?\",\"answer\":\"The program provides guidelines for recognizing and rewarding accomplishments aligned with the City’s mission, vision, EDGE values, and operational objectives. 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