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We dont require exempt employees to use vacation or sick time if they are out of the office less than four hours a week. We have noticed that this is being abused on a regular basis with many 1 hour a
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 9/17/2009 8:45 AM EDT
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First: 8/13/2002 Last: 7/8/2010 |
We dont require exempt employees to use vacation or sick time if they are out of the office less than four hours a week. We have noticed that this is being abused on a regular basis with many 1 hour appointments on mulitple days and claims of working through lunch some days so that there are not more than four hours out of the office, etc... We would now like to write an official policy requiring exempt employees to use their vacation/sick time when they are going to be out of the office longer than an hour in any given day. Does anyone have a sample policy they would be willing to share? |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 9/24/2009 6:40 AM EDT
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First: 5/6/2006 Last: 8/29/2011 |
This is just my humble opinion, but it seems to me that requiring PTO for anything over an hour is a bit excessive. The disadvantage of being exempt here is, of course, no overtime pay. There should be an offset to this for associates who do go the extra mile and work the number of hours necessary to accomplish their job. We accomodate our exempt employees here by requiring them to use PTO only if they are out more than half of a day. If they are here for at least 5 hours, no PTO is required. Personally I try to schedule all appointments as early or later as possible so that the time away is minimized. I realize that the policy can be taken advantage of, however I would deal with that on a case by case basis rather than painting everyone with the same brush. |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 9/24/2009 7:02 AM EDT
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First: 10/24/2002 Last: 9/14/2011 |
Like most/all of the exempt employees at my workplace, I work at least 50 hours a week, every week. I would very seriously consider working elswhere if my boss started chizzeling away at my precious PTO every time I had a dentist or similar appointment that lasted longer than an hour. |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 9/24/2009 12:00 PM EDT
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If they were working 50 hours a week, I would feel much differently. Most of them are instead not getting in a full 40. They seem to think that they now only have to work 36 hour week because of us not requiring vac/sick time other than anything over 4 hours. |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 9/28/2009 1:22 PM EDT
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First: 6/30/2004 Last: 11/22/2010 |
I would tell you that they don't have enough to do. Exempt folks go home when the work is done, not when the clock strikes 5:00.
Discipline them for performance issues associated with work product or work volume and don't worry about the small clock increments. That's my opinion. |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 11/4/2009 8:36 AM EST
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Do the employees in question punch a clock? Probably not. You have to be very very careful when accusing an employee of not working 40 hours a week if they do not punch a clock. Unless you are watching them 24-7 you'd best be careful. Also-what about the employees who check email or voicemail from home? Is this time counted in the 40 hours? Just a thought~ |
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Time off policy for exempt employees
posted at 11/4/2009 11:39 AM EST
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First: 2/15/2006 Last: 9/14/2011 |
jbombara -- you did read where this post was about EXEMPT employees right? And you do know that the DOL has stated that it doesn't go against an exemption to require employees to clock in and out or to track work hours, right? And you do know that the employer can require them to work as many hours as the employer wants, right? Whether that is at work or home doesn't matter. And the employer gets to set the timeoff policy, right?
Your post would be better served if you are speaking about NONEXEMPT employees. |
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