Manage your team

Use the resources on this page to support your team through key moments in the employee journey including onboarding, offboarding, accommodations, leave, and workplace behaviour or performance concerns.

On this page

• Onboarding and probation
• Accommodation
• Leave and time off
• Sick leave
• Manage behaviour, attendance, and performance
• Address respectful workplace issues
• Manage employee position updates, moves, and departures

Onboarding and probation

A positive onboarding experience is linked to increased productivity, engagement, and retention. Welcome new employees in a way that helps them feel included and supported from their first day.

Probation is a trial period for new employees to demonstrate they can perform the job. Navigating probation effectively ensures people are a good fit for their role.

• Set up a new employee using the timeline and steps provided
• Share the corporate onboarding guide for new employees with new team members
• Take Employee Relations: Navigating Probation (IDIR restricted), a 90-minute eLearning that explains timelines and the probation process
• Enrol in the HR Foundations Handbook for People Leaders (IDIR restricted) and review the Onboarding module

Accommodation

Managers and supervisors are responsible for providing reasonable accommodation to employees when required. Accommodation means making changes to rules, policies, or the physical environment so employees are not negatively affected because of a personal characteristic protected by the B.C. Human Rights Code.

• Review accommodation information for employees to understand what support may be needed
• Use the managers' guide to reasonable accommodation to understand your responsibilities and the steps to follow
• Enrol in HR Foundations (IDIR restricted) and review the Accommodation module

Leave and time off

There are many different types of leave available to BC Government employees. As a people leader, you review leave requests, check that employees qualify for the leave they are asking for, make sure leave is recorded, and help prevent pay mistakes like overpaying or underpaying.

• Use Time and Leave Support to help with common questions and processes
• Enrol in HR Foundations (IDIR restricted) and review the modules on:
  • Leave and Time Off
  • Time and Leave
  • Pay and Reimbursement
  • Codes and Pay Advice

Sick leave

Sick leave gives employees time off when they are unwell or recovering from a physical or mental health issue. Employees who qualify for sick leave receive a percentage of their regular pay and keep their benefits. As a people leader, you review and approve sick leave requests and help employees access the support they need.

• Review sick leave for BC Government employees
• See the short term sick leave overview for supervisors that includes information on when and how to request a Doctor’s Certificate (ST02)
• For leaves three months or longer, review the long term disability plan overview for supervisors
• Enrol in HR Foundations (IDIR restricted) and review the modules on:
  • Sick Leave
  • Leave Requests and Sick Leave
  • Return to Work and Modified Duties

Manage behaviour, attendance, and performance

As a people leader, you need to understand the processes and procedures that support positive working relationships with employees (employee relations) and the considerations that apply when working with employees covered by collective agreements (labour relations). Understanding these things will help you respond to workplace concerns in a fair, consistent, and informed way.

• Review managing employee and labour relations in the BCPS to understand the steps and supports available
• Explore Employee and Labour Relations Foundations (IDIR restricted) for additional learning
• Enrol in HR Foundations (IDIR restricted) and review the Managing Behaviour and Performance module

Address respectful workplace issues

Learn how to identify and address respectful workplace issues such as discrimination, bullying, and harassment and find support to help restore the workplace after conflict.

Manage employee position updates, moves, and departures

As a people leader, you will need to support employee transfers, resignations, and terminations. You may also need to update employee position information, including who an employee reports to. Learn more about your role in employee movement and position updates.