--00000000000093486105d1539d7c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Timothy! This is in USD so please convert to CAD. Best, On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 1:24 PM Audra Williams wrote: > Hi Timothy! > > The CG and Internal Ops holiday budget is here!! > > We are not encouraging full group parties given the continued risks of > COVID-19 and the prime prerogative of keeping our clients and caregivers > safe. That said, offices and teams are welcome to host, as many have in the > past, multi-day open houses in which smaller numbers of caregivers and > clients are welcomed to come in and celebrate and share seasons greetings > with the team. We do remind everyone to be aware of protocols around safety > in these situations. > > There are two components to our holiday budget for this year. > > One is a gift pool for our caregivers actively working. This is determined > by taking the total count of caregivers who received a paid shift in > October of this year. *Your budget for Caregivers is $5250 *. If you > have a more accurate number available, we can replace the estimate with the > actual. The gift pool was lined up at a total of $35/caregiver, to create > a total office budget. So, for instance, if your office had 100 active > working caregivers, the pool would be $3500. As in years past, the team has > discretion over how that money is allocated to caregivers in terms of > gifts, gift cards, raffles --- AND --- how we distribute it (e.g. bigger > gifts but only for caregivers who come in, size the gifts differently based > on tenure or loyalty, same for everyone, etc.). Please use your corporate > credit card for the acquiring of the caregiver gifts, so that finance can > easily keep track of it. > > The second is a team dinner pool for each of our offices to enjoy a > holiday meal together. The budget will be $50 / per attendee. > > Further, in years past it has been customary for HCA to provide a branded > holiday gift to our teams. This year, with our upcoming introduction of > TheKey in early 2022, we are deferring the HCA gift until the launch of > TheKey, so that we can get some great things in the hands of our teams (and > caregivers!) with the new brand and colors. > > Finally, in the past, we had also allocated a budget for client gifts, and > some of you will notice that aspect is not included this year. Within our > spending target, the decision was made to prioritize the caregiver gift > pool. Again, this decision was made with consideration of the upcoming > brand update a few months after the holidays, where we are prioritizing > making the strongest impression with our clients. > > Please let me know if you have any questions! > > Thanks > > -- > > > *Audra N. Williams BHA, LPN* > *Director of Business Support*Home Care Assistance > > Direct: 425-757-7027 > 1025 108th Ave. NE > Bellevue, WA 98004 > homecareassistance.com > --- > Read Our Testimonials > Join Our Newsletter > > We Are Hiring! > > > > > *Champions of Aging Well*[imag