Supervisor’s Checklist: New Hire Orientation

The sooner new employees learn workplace rules and practices when starting a new job, the sooner they become productive workers.
Supervisors may wish to review the following topics with new workers:

• Introduction to co-workers.
• Company operations and activities.
• Building or plan layout, including employee parking areas and entrances, fire exits, bulletin boards, cafeteria/break areas, and rest rooms.
• Starting and quitting times, work schedule location, pay dates and procedures, overtime and other forms of compensation, break and meal periods.
• Policies on preventing and reporting accidents, and how to obtain emergency medical attention.
• Dress and attendance standards.
• Telephone use policies
• When and whom to contact in case of absence.
• Provide a written job description and a blank copy of performance evaluation review form.
• Performance standards.
• First work assignments.
• Training to do the job.
• Person to go to for help.
• Procedures for obtaining work supplies
• Other company policies and procedures.