All Hands Questions

Many great questions were asked in the All Hands meeting last week. Click the video to hear the answers to the questions below.

Video link: https://vimeo.com/1032119185/9d468c65ed?share=copy

• Can employees who opt out of benefits such as health insurance be compensated with a pay raise or receive other benefits?
• How many programs does CHS have and what are they?
• Leadership states they value staff’s self-care, work-life balance, and the difficult work we do but an ongoing theme during All Hands is PTO. A common answer is this is constantly in review but no updates have been made.
• What if we accrued more yearly instead of years 1, 3, 5, etc.?
• What about paid maternity leave?
• Sick leave?
• Staff who work 14-16 hour shifts lose a lot of PTO when taking a day off. What can be done for them?
• Will sick leave be added to the accruals we have now?
• Could we start a think tank where employees could enter their ideas, hopes, and dreams for CHS?
• After the salary study, HR said that the pay grades would be visible in Paylocity back in Sept. Why has this not happened yet?
• Many people from the executive team travel back and forth to the Hills. Considering CHS pays for hotels, food and travel, would it be more cost-effective to hire similar positions there?
• Will staff spouses be allowed to go to the staff appreciation event?
• Where did we get with the three meetings held in November? We never received any communication like we were told we would.
• Out of the nine problems we addressed, it would be helpful to know what our leaders think the top priority is.
• Seeing as we have open beds in residential treatment at both BHCH and SFCH, what are we doing to market our services to potential referral sources?
• When will there be hope training for those who missed the first training?
• Is the pop and water in the room with a kitchen for everyone?
• Can all departments order catered food as often as administration does?
• Once the new Rapid City facility is built, will there be an opportunity for Sioux Falls employees to take a tour of the building?
• There is a lack of communication and consistency between residential and the school. What can we do to solve this?
• What is the relationship between CHS and DSS?
• Can we push for guidelines on how to handle unsafe adults?
• What is the point we have to reach to get a full-time position dedicated to high-risk times, instead of having someone pick up an extra shift?
• Didn’t we just complete two weeks of data collection to prove another FTE would be essential?
• Can we run an ERS report to help with data collection?
• In regards to Employee of the Year and Rising Star, how do we know who is eligible?
• Will there be a list of names?
• Are there stipulations on who can nominate you?
• Why can we only submit one or the other?
• When it comes to the new facility, how will rooms be named?
• Will there be an opportunity to name rooms after employees who have made an impact on CHS?
• Are there advancement opportunities or new positions specifically at the new facility in Rapid?