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Sorry about cross posting- I am looking for feedback on what are your companies policies regarding notification period for vacation for hourly workers. We have a 2 week notice period before one can ta
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Vacation - Notification period
posted at 4/15/2013 5:49 AM EDT
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Sorry about cross posting- I am looking for feedback on what are your companies policies regarding notification period for vacation for hourly workers. We have a 2 week notice period before one can take vacation. Just looking to see if we are overly harsh or lenient. We are a small manufacturing company. I have heard of companies where you have to plan a year ahead (ie need to turn in your vacation request at the beginning of the calendar year and by seniority), and do not wish to go that route.
Any feedback is welcome. Liz |
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Re: Vacation - Notice period
posted at 4/15/2013 7:20 AM EDT
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I would suggest a somewhat gentle approach, along the lines of "we'd appreciate 2 weeks advance notice for vacation requests so we can plan workloads. We do reserve the right to deny vacation requests without advance notice. Not providing notice will increase the chance that vacation requests may be denied". |
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Re: Vacation - Notice period
posted at 4/17/2013 12:10 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Vacation - Notice period: I would suggest a somewhat gentle approach, along the lines of "we'd appreciate 2 weeks advance notice for vacation requests so we can plan workloads. We do reserve the right to deny vacation requests without advance notice. Not providing notice will increase the chance that vacation requests may be denied". Posted by nork4 Thanks Nork4.
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Re: Vacation - Notification period
posted at 5/1/2013 4:50 PM EDT
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In Response to Vacation - Notification period: I would say give your people as much flexibility as you can, with an eye on being the nice employer that everyone wants to work for, within the demands of the job. So if you can accommodate someone telling you on Friday that they want next week off, let them. But if you need to line up temp help and that takes two weeks, let them know you need two weeks and why. If you have a lot of conflict because everyone wants the same weeks off, such as August, or spring break or Christmas, let them know that you need those requests well in advance, maybe even the first of the year, going by first come/first serve, seniority, or priority to someone who hasn't had those weeks off in previous years, or some combination, whatever you decide is most fair. I would still give a short explanation why -- i.e., "these are the weeks we always have multiple requests for and we can't let everyone off at the same time". And still take a soft approach -- if by some miracle someone doesn't ask for spring break in advance and someone does last minute, then you can give it to them, but let them know they lucked out this time. |
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