Timesheets Due Thursday
All Employees: Complete your timesheet by 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 17. Time should be recorded for the April 5-18 pay period.
Supervisors: Please approve timesheets for your employees by 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 17.
If you have timesheet questions, email payroll.
Most County Offices Closed Friday
Most County facilities will be closed Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday. Thank you to those employees who will be working to serve County residents.
Click here to see the 2025 holiday schedule on County Connect.
Carolina OccMed Closed Friday
Carolina OccMed will be closed on Friday, April 18. For any work-related injuries on this date, employees should go to:
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Atrium Urgent Care: 613 E. Roosevelt Blvd., Monroe | 704-283-8193 | open normal hours 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
If you have not yet signed up for one of the mandatory benefit information sessions, there are more sessions available this week and next week.
Because upcoming benefit changes affect every employee's medical coverage, other benefits available, enrollment for benefits, confirming beneficiary information, and more, it will be mandatory for every full-time and benefited part-time employee to attend one of the upcoming in-person informational sessions. View all scheduled sessions, locations and times, and register in advance through this form.
Resources on County Connect
Our dedicated Benefit Changes webpage includes several resources, including our benefits guide to prepare for electronic open enrollment (May 1-30) and frequently asked questions.
If you have additional questions, contact our benefits consultant team with McGriff by email.
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Caught in the Act Employee of the Year | Johnathan Carter
Congratulations to Deputy Johnathan Carter (Sheriff's Office) for receiving the Caught in the Act of the Year Award for 2024! The Management Team and Board of County Commissioners recognized him at the regular meeting on April 7. Watch a short video of the award presentation. If you missed the email from the Management Team last week announcing Carter as the recipient of this annual award, as well as the recipients of the annual Caught in the Act Team Award, click here to read it.
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Deputy Honored as School Resource Officer of the Year
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Congratulations to Deputy Pilar Nieves (Sheriff's Office) for being honored as the 2025 School Resource Office of the Year by Union County Public Schools!
Read more about the recognition.
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Procurement and Contract Management Earns Purchasing Award
Congrats to our Procurement and Contract Management department, led by Cheryl Wright, for earning the Sustained Professional Purchasing Award from the North Carolina Association of Governmental Purchasing for the ninth year!
The Sustained Professional Purchasing Award is presented annually and recognizes all member agencies that have demonstrated sustained excellence in purchasing standards during the calendar year. Click here to read the story.
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National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week | April 13-19
Did you know all 911 calls in Union County are answered by our Emergency Communications team? Thank you to our 911 telecommunicators, led by Vicki Callicutt, for all you do to help Union County residents!
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The Employee Newsletter features the following articles: Beating Workplace Fatigue, The Power of Feeling Time Affluent, and other meaningful topics that support and encourage employees.
Manager Newsletter provides guidance on handling difficult situations such as:
- How can I reduce the risk of conflict, tension, and communication issues with employees set up in forward-facing workstations?
- As a new leader, how will my employees judge my skills, style, and approachability over the next few months?
- and many other relevant topics.
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The April Webinar, offered on April 16 and April 22, focuses on movement and mental health. Participants will:
- Learn the importance movement in your body has on one’s mental health.
- Understand the Psychosomatics of movement in therapy.
- Compare logistics of movement between activity and populations.
Participants must register to attend. View more details and registration information.
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Being an attentive and alert driver can help prevent crashes that lead to unintentional injury and death. With the wide use of smartphones in the United States, distracted driving has become an important traffic safety topic. While cell phones and navigation devices often are the culprit when it comes to distracted driving, conventional distractions such as interacting with passengers and eating also contribute to crashes. Distracting tasks can affect drivers in different ways and can be categorized as visual, manual, and cognitive distraction.
Here are a few safe driving points:
- Hands-free devices like earbuds and talk-to-text features are much safer than handling your phone while driving. Fact or Myth?
- Myth - Research shows that any driver use of electronic devices increases their cognitive distraction, meaning they can’t fully focus on driving.
- At 55 mph, taking your eyes off the road for five seconds is like driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed. Fact or Myth?
- Fact - At 55mph, you’ll travel more than 100 yards in five seconds, more than the length of a football field.
- Distracted driving only affects the people inside the car.
- Myth - Distracted driving is dangerous for those inside and outside the car, including other drivers and passengers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
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Put your 16 hours of paid volunteer time off to work by volunteering at your favorite County-approved agency. View more details on County Connect, including the list of approved agencies and the request form.
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County Employees Collect Litter from Area Roadways
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Thank you to everyone who volunteered for our annual employee litter clean-up event. On Friday, April 11, several employees used their paid volunteer time to collect litter along roadways near Jesse Helms Park in Wingate.
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