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First 30 Days
Within the first 30 days, you should plan to:
- Review your performance plan with your supervisor.
- Receive initial training on internal systems, general operating practices, and other information needed to perform your job.
- Complete the USDA eAuthentication. This system allows you to access your pay records, your personnel records, and your time and attendance records, as well as the AgLearn online training system.
- Review your benefit options and make sure you know the enrollment deadlines. These timeframes are important; ask for help from your Human Resources Specialist if you need assistance.
- Review the following links related to employee ethics and conduct:
- Review the following links related to employee civil rights and alternative dispute resolution:
- Review the following links related to employment:
- Merit System Principles
- Human Resources Desk Guide includes information on the Merit Promotion Plan, Tours of Duty, Absence and Leave, and many other topics of interest
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- The Work Number for Everyone Letter
- Become familiar with the Employee Assistance Program:
- APHIS employees (Employees Only)
- AMS employees (Employees Only)
- GIPSA employees (PDF)
- If your new position is covered under a bargaining agreement or union representation, review the following relevant information:
- APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) unions cover employees below grade GS-13, except supervisors, laboratory employees, geneticists, biologists, microbiologists, employees involved in confidential matters, and certain others determined on a case-by-case basis. Click on the below links to learn more:
- PPQ SITC Officers (Employees Only)
- PPQ other than SITC Officers (PDF) (Employees Only)
- PPQ Office Support Employees (Employees Only)
- Veterinary Services: All employees in the Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) and National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) programs (except for employees of the Animal Health and Veterinary Biologics Program and management officials, supervisors, professional employees, and employees engaged in personnel work in other than a purely clerical capacity) (PDF)
- Veterinary Services Tick Riders (PDF) (Employees Only)
- AMS Meat Graders (PDF) (Employees Only)
- APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) unions cover employees below grade GS-13, except supervisors, laboratory employees, geneticists, biologists, microbiologists, employees involved in confidential matters, and certain others determined on a case-by-case basis. Click on the below links to learn more:
