What I need to know as a new employee

Before you can start your new job, you will need to be processed for employment. New Employee Processing is an appointment during which you will visit one of our Employment Offices to complete all of your new-employee documents and fingerprinting.

Your appointment will be made either by a member of our Classified Employment Services Branch or by a school site administrator. That individual will provide you the information you will need in order to attend the appointment.

You will need to bring documents for identification and documents verifying educational achievement; the specific documents you will need to bring depends on the job in which you are being assigned.

Typically, you will check in with your new supervisor, but you should verify with the person that officially selected you for the job.

Working hours vary for each job assignment. You should inquire what your working hours will be with the individual who officially offered you the job.

If you are going to be working at LAUSD’s headquarters (Beaudry building in downtown Los Angeles), you will need to provide a valid identification card at the security desk, and they will issue you a temporary building access card. Your supervisor will then arrange for you to receive a permanent access card.

If you are going to be working at a school site, you will need to first obtain a visitor’s badge from the school’s front office. Again, you should be prepared to show a valid identification card.

You should make sure that you wear clothing that is neat, clean, and professional, and that conforms to the mode of dress that is appropriate for your occupation or profession. If hired to work in a cafeteria or custodial related job, you will be given more detail regarding required dress code at first day of orientation.

You will be asked to sign in and out on the District’s official time card. Your supervisor will be able to show you where the time cards are kept.

Most classified employees are paid semi-monthly. For salaried employees, the pay period is a month long, and there are 12 pay periods in a year. Ordinarily you will be paid the last day of the month. If the end of month falls on a weekend or a holiday, you will be paid on the preceding business day.

If you are a new employee, your first salary payment may be delayed. If you are not paid on the first regular pay day, you will probably receive your salary payment a week later. Immediately notify your supervisor or time reporter if you did not receive your salary payment.

If you are a regular employee, you will usually be paid the amount on the beginning “step” of an established salary range, and will advance in salary steps until you reach the maximum rate for your range. Some classes, such as those in the building trades, are allocated to a flat rate. Limited-term/substitute employees are usually paid at the beginning step of the salary range of the classification to which they are assigned.

View the salary schedule for all Classified positions.

It appears that I was not paid correctly. Who do I contact?

Your first call should be to your site payroll time reporter to ensure time reporting was entered correctly or approved by the payroll cutoff. If the rate is incorrect, missing a differential or incorrect salary step, please contact your supporting assignment representative https://www.lausd.org/Page/16462 If related to your tax deductions/exemptions, contact Payroll Administration directly

Typically, regular employees receive their first salary increase, from the beginning step to the second step (about 5-1/2 percent), effective at the beginning of the pay period after working for 130 working days. Subsequent salary increases to the next steps of the range typically occur annually.

Full time employees working 12 months per year enjoy 12 paid holidays within the year; other employees enjoy paid holidays based on their working calendar.

As a new full time employee, you are entitled to 10 vacations days per year. During your fifth year of service, you will receive 15 days of vacation; and in your 16th to 20th year of service, you will get one additional day of vacation for each year of service. If you are an executive/administrative employee, you are entitled to 24 days per year. You will accrue your vacation time on a monthly basis and the total will be listed on your monthly pay check stub.

A full time employee is entitled to 13 illness days each year.

Job assignments at LAUSD are based on different calendars, which indicate the days the employee works and the days she or he does not work. An A - basis calendar has 261 paid days, B - basis has 221 paid days, C - basis has 204 paid days, E - basis has 234 paid days.

To learn more about your employee representation, you can research the union’s website for general information or view specific contracts for conditions of employment contained in the collective bargaining agreement.

A “confidential employee” is one who whose duties normally require access to confidential salary or related information. A union does not represent employees in confidential positions.

This means that you are not represented by a union or entitled to any benefits associated with union membership. You may refer to the Classified Employee Handbook for information regarding the conditions of employment applicable to all District represented employees.

Full time employees working 12 months per year enjoy 12 paid holidays within the year; other employees enjoy paid holidays based on their working calendar.

Visit our Benefits Administration Website for more information regarding District benefits

Enrollment in LAUSD health care plans is not automatic for new employees. To be covered by the District-sponsored plans, you must obtain and submit a completed Health Benefits Enrollment form and provide any required documentation to Benefits Administration.

Your coverage, and coverage for your dependents, is effective the first day of the month following the date your properly completed enrollment form is received and processed by the Benefits Administration Branch. Visit the Benefits Administration Website for more information regarding District benefits