Write an informal email (format on page 45) to employees announcing the overtime shifts.

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Its been a rough year, and employee morale is low. COVID-19 has left everyone feeling insecure about his/her position and unsure about the future.Most of your employees are hourly, and you have found funding for overtime shifts this weekend. Each person can take one four-hour shift. This will be paid at time and a half. Employees must understand the following restrictions:Each employee must have worked his/her 80 hours this pay period to be eligible for the four hours of overtime work/pay. The four hours of overtime does not count toward a persons 80 hours. Overtime shifts must be worked sometime between 6 a.m. and midnight on Saturday. (You pick the date.)Managers will coordinate the schedule to make sure that shifts are equally distributed throughout the day and that each employee has a chance to participate.Salaried employees are not eligible for overtime shifts.Put this scenario in the context of a company you know something about. (Pick a company.)Write an informal email (format on page 45) to employees announcing the overtime shifts. Remember: its good news. Use "building goodwill" principles from the Supplement pages 54 to 58. Use the good-news outline (GDP) from pages 60 to 62. You should have the good news in the first sentence, and you should end with a positive, forward-looking ending. Remember to emphasize what the employees can do vs. what they can't do. *The first draft should always be submitted in a Word document.Grading Criteria(What I'll be looking for when I give feedback and later grade the final draft)Content Wordiness, you attitude, positive emphasis, clarityOrganization Give the good news. (GDP), Provide details. (GDP), Call to action or something personal in Positive closing (GDP), FormattingStyleGrammar and punctuation covered in module quizzes 1.1 - 1.11 (Commas).

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