Employee referrals are one of the best sources of recruiting new employees. Southland and its wholly owned subsidiaries encourage employees to participate in the “Finding the Right Who” Employee Referral Program by recommending individuals they believe embody the core values of and are qualified to work for the company.

This policy applies to all employees who refer qualified candidates hired for qualified positions when the external applicant is hired. Supervisors, managers and directors are eligible to participate in this program when they refer candidates who are hired for qualified positions outside of their chain of command or outside of their direct report group.

The hiring manager, employees involved in the interviewing or hiring process, Human Resource employees and individuals at the Executive Committee level and above are not eligible for the program. Also excluded are members of the branch or division leadership team who are regularly expected to recruit as part of their leadership job responsibilities; typically those managers reporting directly to the division lead or branch manager.

Headings and/or Definitions

Qualified positions – regular, non-union, full- or part-time approved positions that have been posted externally for hire. Special individual programs may be approved in unique situations for union positions with local union approval.

Referred employee – an individual who completes an application and is subsequently hired for employment into a regular position. These include ONLY applicants for positions who have applied formally through the employee referral program “Find the Right Who”. Previous employees, contractors, consultants, employees of any temporary agencies assigned to work at the company, agency referrals or applicants who have applied through online postings within the last 180 days will not be considered as applicants for this program.

Referring employee – a current employee who has actively recruited an individual who has subsequently been hired to work within Southland or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Policy

As positions open, they will be posted internally on Connect along with the amount of the referral award. This amount varies based on the position being filled.

Current employees may refer candidates through the “Find the Right Who” referral process on-line. If the referred candidate is hired, the bonus amount will be paid upon successful completion of ninety (90) days continuous employment.

Once a referral candidate is in EmployeeReferrals.com, that candidate belongs to the employee who originally referred them for one (1) year from the date of referral. The Talent Acquisition Specialist will notify an employee if their referral had already been made by another employee.

Employee referral bonus payments are based on the referred employee’s date of hire or conversion. Payment will be made through employee’s next available regular paycheck from the date the bonus is payable and will be less any required withholdings in accordance with normal company practice. No manual checks will be processed.

If the referring or referred employee tenders resignation or ends employment (voluntarily or involuntarily) prior to either payout milestone, the referring employee forfeits any remaining referral bonus payment.

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Southland Industries is in the process of updating our Employee Referral Program. Please check back again soon.