Hiring & Promoting Change Log

2024/02/12

Revamped New Hire Position Requistions and Personnel Transfers to pair down unnecessary steps that were originally written.

2023/09/22

Referring employee must complete, at minimum, 1 year of employment with Dow from referral hire date. If employment with Dow is less than 1 year from referral hire date, then referring employee may be subject to reimbursing referral fee back to Dow. This fee would be deducted from the referring employee’s final payroll.

2023/07/26

Added 90 Day Probationary Period Section

2023/03/29

Changed:

  • Personnel Requisitions to specify New Personnel Requisitions / Positions

  • Shall to Will

Added:

  • Is position Safety Sensitive or Non-Safety Sensitive?

  • ALL Personnel requisitions MUST include the following with every submission. Failure to provide the necessary information or documentation may result in a delay in processing your request.

    • Employee Familiarization Training - Individual OJT Record (Form # 74-20-13)

      • Submitted with each personnel request to ensure the most up to date needs are reflected in the Topic section.

Added:

Personnel Transfers

Personnel transfers must be submitted to notify Human Resources of a need to move an employee from one position to another within the company. These transfer requisitions will be prepared by the prospective role’s direct and/or indirect manager and will need to include the following:

  • Review of current job posting for position being transferred into.

    • To include review of the following:

      • The positions job title and department.

      • The listing’s opening position summary.

      • Position’s essential functions.

      • Individual’s competencies.

      • Management/Supervisory responsibilities.

      • Primary work environment.

      • Position’s physical demands.

      • Expected employment status.

      • Permitted working days and hours.

      • Travel requirements for the role.

      • Required education and experience for the position.

      • Preferred education and experience for the position.

  • Is the new position Safety Sensitive or Non-Safety Sensitive?

  • Will the transfer involve a pay increase/decrease? If so, please provide a suggested new pay rate.

    • (Pay rates will be evaluated by Human Resources to ensure they are in compliance with current available pay ranges.)

When submitting a transfer requisition, the requester will also need to provide reasoning for the request as well as a desired timeframe in which the transfer should occur.

ALL Personnel transfer requisitions MUST include the following with every submission. Failure to provide the necessary information or documentation may result in a delay in processing the transfer.

  • Employee Familiarization Training - Individual OJT Record (Form # 74-20-13)

    • Submitted with each personnel transfer request to ensure the most up to date needs are reflected in the Topic section.

Each job listing shall also have the following statements added by Human Resources:

  • Notice relaying that actual job responsibilities may differ from the job listing (listing and actual responsibilities shall still be as close to accurate as possible).

  • Notice of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).

  • Notice of pre-employment drug screening requirements.

  • Notice highlighting that, in applying, the applicant agrees to the Company’s Applicant Privacy Policy.

Select here to create a personnel requisition >

2020/04/08

Initiation of change log for the Company’s hiring/promoting policies and procedures. All future revisions to be documented above.