The HR Connection: A CCAA Employee Newsletter — November 2022

THE HR

CONNECTION NOVEMBER 2022 EDITION

A letter from Human Resources— Happy Holidays!

It’s that time of year when your inbox is full of sales and discount codes from numerous subscriptions, stores, and brands. Please be diligent because cyber thieves are very active. We want to wish you some well deserved time-off to indulge in the festive spirit. Whether it’s overeating, watching terrible movies, playing board games, or spending quality time with family and friends – have an amazing holiday season.

BENEFITS UPDATE: Benefit updates have been completed. New benefits changes will take effect on January 1, 2023.

The increased costs of those benefits will reflect on your January 13 paycheck. Please remember to review your salary and your benefits. All benefit information is available in your Paylocity SelfService Portal.

Employee & New Hire Updates: ARRIVALS:

DEPARTURES:

Jenkins, John – Records Specialist 09/19/2022

Winfred S. Boyd — 10/24/2022

Peterson, Angela – Police Officer 10/12/2022

Jerry R.Fowler — 10/11/2022

Rickenbacker, Janissa – Record Specialist 09/19/2022

Elizabeth M. Hudson — 09/26/2022

Shanes, Shayna – Payroll Accounting Specialist 09/13/2022

Christopher E. Jackson — 10/20/2022

Leleaya Chisolm – Guest Services Specialist 10/18/2022

John D. Kozak — 09/07/2022

Miguel Felix – Valet Attendant – 10/24/2022

Curtis C. Phillips —09/14/2022

Kaitlyn Grow – Guest Services Specialist – 11/7/2022

Jennifer M. Ross — 09/12/2022

Winslow Seymour – InFlight Driver – 11/7/2022

Aviation Authority APPROVES NEW INCENTIVE PROGRAM

The first CCAA incentive pay for employees will

Interested in avoiding the high tax bite?

be distributed on December 8. The initiative

Consider depositing your incentive check into

encourages workers more actively to

your Empowerment Account.Use the Annual

participate in and reap the rewards of the

Leave worksheet to help calculate how much

profitability of CCAA. This new employee

you can contribute to your South Carolina

benefit has been a goal for the CEO since his

Deferred Compensation Program (Deferred

appointment and may scale as profitability

Comp.) account. HR can assist you in obtaining

grows.

this information.

Excluding individuals hired after the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 2022, the incentive pay percentage will be calculated on an employee's base rate of pay. The Compensation Plan highlights what that includes. Employees hired after June 30 will receive $250.00.

COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN UPDATE Thanks to everyone who competed their JAT. Due to your support, CCAA had an 89% completion rate. Your input along with your supervisors is critical in determining your grade and rate of pay.

At this time all supervisory reviews have been completed and Evergreen is collecting market data from the entities suggested during the forums and by management. Following the data collection process, Evergreen will start to analyze positions.

By the first of the year, we should have a true picture of how we should proceed.

This will provide us an opportunity to include any recommends in the 2024 FY budget starting July 1, 2023.

After that time, you will be notified if your position or wage will be impacted by the study.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY On October 13, 2022, Health and Human Services Secretary renewed the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for an additional 90 days.This means that insurance will continue to cover testing performed in and out of network and the cost of up to eight over the counter test kits per month.

Effectively immediately, CCAA will no longer require employees to receive the COVID vaccine or have an approved exemption as a condition of employment.

DISC TRAINING REVIEW ADDIE Solutions conducted training on October 12th and 13th with a group of employees looking to improve their teamwork, communication, and productivity in the workplace. The exercise required each team to create a t-shirt based on their DISC (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Compliance) style. In addition, employees received assessments that identified their personality styles, provided goals to help them grow, and explained their communication styles. Employees who have never worked together could understand how to communicate with others who differ from them in leadership, communication, and teamwork.

STRESS MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE Join our stress management challenge December 5th – 8th, choose a team captain and sign up on PowerDMS. Team captains can email Essence Wolfe the team member’s name. This challenge aims to help you pursue healthier lifestyle choices by accomplishing your goals earlier this year. That’s right, let’s end the year right! This challenge turns positive lifestyle changes into friendly competition. Each day you will represent an element (Fire, Water, Air, and Earth).

EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER QUARTER

THREE

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT— ROBERT SUPINO, CHRIS CORDE, CHAIRWOMAN HELEN HILL, AND CEO ELLIOTT SUMMEY

Our Employee of the Quarter for Q3 is Valet Attendant Christopher “Chris” Corde. On Wednesday, October 5, Chris was closing out a valet ticket for a customer, the customer was clearly intoxicated and was not able to enter his information in the system to pay for his service.

Chris recognize that the

Chris took the initiative and

customer was intoxicated and closed out the ticket so the customer would not be went into action to protect the customer, employees, and charged for an additional those on the road traveling in day. He made sure that the the line of sight. Chris

shift coming in to relieve him

offered to escort the

was aware of the situation

customer to the taxi booth to

and where they could locate

get a ride home. The

the vehicle, since it was an

customer was compliant with

extra car in their inventory.

Chris and proceeded to the taxi booth to return the next day and pick up his vehicle.

Maintenance Shop employees nominated by supervisor Bradaun Gayle for going above and beyond to make sure work was still being completed while he was out on leave.

Pictured: Sammy L., Chris A., Michael W., Anthony B., Bradaun G., and Vinny T. Human Resources would also like to recognize Scott Patterson for being nominated by Nicole Hargette.

PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR SHARON SHAW RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE Sharon Shaw will retire from Charleston

Entering retirement, Sharon says. she's been blessed with the birth of a

County Aviation Authority as a Public

grandson born in June; and fraternal twins, born in September. This is in

Safety Telecommunicator II, after 30

addition to the three grandchildren she already has. Her three children

years of service, on December 30, 2022!

reside in Clover, SC; Charlotte, NC; and Gaffney, SC,

She discussed her highlight and motivation for coming to work with us.

"The environment in which I work has

Therefore, Sharon plans to spend some time traveling and stepping further into her role as a blessed grandmother. She also plans on engaging in some service-oriented work in her church and community. This will include reconnecting with the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy Survivorship Group, maybe

been one of the motivating factors that

volunteering with the Red Cross, and signing up again for Substitute

have kept me coming to work for over

Teaching. "Wherever I can spread my wings, shine my light, and bring

30 years. My co-workers and I work

tidings of harmony and cheer, that’s where one will be able to find me,"

together to provide outstanding

Sharon said.

customer service. It isn’t easy working in a service-oriented, public safety job position. However, my department is like a family. We face challenges and grow together as one. We embrace each other’s strengths as well as weaknesses.

Our buzzword is “team,” which stands for Together Everyone Achieves More. An upbeat environment is what we strive for each day. Like Helen Keller once said, 'Alone, we can do a little. Together we can do so much,'" Sharon stated.

Congratulations on your retirement and your wonderful career!

COOK OFF & BAKE OFF On Wednesday, November 9th, get your taste buds ready for some sweet and savory dishes. We have our very own CCAA employees making their world-famous recipes. The event will take place in the boardroom from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Interested employees will have the opportunity to judge the dishes. We will have a first-place and second-place winner in each category. Times for you to participate are listed to the right. The winner will be announced by 4 p.m.

SCHEDULE Maintenance— 11:00 to 11:20 Valet/Guest Services— 11:25 to 11:35 Landside— 11:40 to 12:00 Kitchen/ Airside— 12:20 to 12:30 Access and Credentialing— 12:35 to 12:45 Police Department— 12:50 to 1:00 Administrative Floor— 1:05 to 1:35 Additional Shifts— 1:40 to 1:50