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Does anyone have a system in place to determine who gets what day off around the holidays so we do not have everyone off the day after Thanksgiving and Dec. 26? We are not comfortable doing it on a fi
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Holidays
posted at 7/24/2000 7:43 AM EDT
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Does anyone have a system in place to determine who gets what day off around the holidays so we do not have everyone off the day after Thanksgiving and Dec. 26? We are not comfortable doing it on a first-come first-serve or seniority basis. |
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Holidays
posted at 7/31/2000 6:13 AM EDT
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First: 6/17/1999 Last: 4/3/2001 |
As a manager in a hospital which was a 7-day a week operation I used to post the holidays (Thanksgiving through New Years) and the days next to them in October and get my staff to rate their preferences 1 to 5 of what they wanted off. Everybody got their first and second choice off and worked their fourth and fifth. It worked mostly b/c the exercise was fair and kept the decision process above board. They often negotiated among themselves before they even signed up which made my job even easier. |
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posted at 8/1/2000 1:13 AM EDT
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First: 9/8/1999 Last: 8/1/2000 |
One way to tie in attendance and holiday time off is to give the employee with the best attendance first choice of holidays. The person with the second best gets second choice and so forth. Also, if we have two people who want the same days off, we use the length of service and attendance piece to make that decision. |
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posted at 9/6/2000 6:20 AM EDT
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First: 9/6/2000 Last: 3/25/2004 |
I am assuming that due to the nature of your business, you must need 7/24 coverage - or comparible to that.
How about having each depatment manager determine what their minimum coverage requirements are - I am assuming here that it will still be less than on a *normal* workday. Then have each manager assign holiday work schedules, that will rotate every year. For example, whoever has to work the day after Thanksgiving this year will work the day after Christmas next year. If a particular employees wishes to take a vacation day, they must first find someone who is willing to switch schedules with them. Best of luck, as these type of requests are never easy to deal with. |
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