APPRAISAL DATES MONTH OF NEWLY JOINED EMPLOYEE

Respected Seniors,

How should the appraisal cycle flow for an employee who has the joining date of 1st June 2023?

And how should the clause of the appraisal cycle be mentioned in the appointment letter?

Should the clause be something like, "Employee should be eligible for the appraisal cycle if they have completed at least 6 months or 1 year with the organization"?

Please suggest...

Thanks in advance

Hi,

What is the appraisal cycle for your company? Is the appraisal due by April of every year or any other month?

For new joiners, depending on their date of joining (DOJ), you need to bring them to the regular appraisal cycle by providing a mid-year increment.

Hello Sir,

Thank you!

Here, the increments are due in the month of June and some in October. As this is a startup organization, they did not follow any specific cycle, so it needs to be regularized.

Hi,

Understood. Make a common increment cycle for all employees, preferably by June of every year.

For employees joining after June, for example, by January, once they complete one year by the subsequent January, issue one part increment w.e.f. January and then another part in June, thereby linking them to the annual cycle. The same concept can be applied to employees who join in the middle of an increment cycle.

What is the employee strength of your company? If it is more, you can divide the cycle into 4 categories in a year: 1st Jan, 1st April, 1st July, and 1st October. The date of joining of employees falls in between. Employees who join between 1st Jan - 31st Mar shall fall in the first category. Similarly, employees who join between 1st April to 30th June shall fall in the category of 1st Apr. For those whose date of joining falls between 1st July to 30th Sept, their appraisal shall become due on 1st July the following year. Likewise, employees joining between 1st Oct to 31st Dec shall fall due from 1st Oct the following year.

Thus, you will have four cycles in a calendar year.

Hello Seniors,

Thank you for all the suggestions given. I will keep all the points noted and will definitely present them to my management team.