What
are your anniversary levels that you would increase their PTO time and the
amount given for that period of time?
Melinda
Kale
Chief
Executive Officer
wli- Work
Leads to Independence
991 South
Main Street
Bowling
Green, OH 43402
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CLI has similar issues to many of the comments so far-- that
it is hard for us to accommodate time off. That being said, PTO is a
significant employee benefit for us. We give a lot each year and it
can be accrued. Before I get into it-- CLI really believes staff to be our
essential asset. We invest in staff more than anything else-- with health
benefits, PTO, smartphones, and other perks. You might not always
get what you pay for, but I don't think that we can expect to consistently get
mission-forward progress if we don't pay for that. Either we make it
better, or I guess I'm ok with not making it at all. Even though we are
paying out as much as we can afford in wages & benefits, we still can't find
all the people we need.
Anyway, after employees have 6 weeks accrued, they may buy
back their time in 40 hour increments upon request at their hourly rate.
If they leave in good standing all accrued PTO is paid to them at the lowest
full-time hourly rate (currently $11.54). This does 2 things-- makes them
save time for emergencies and stops us from having to cash out everyone all the
time. The strategy is also to stop "earning & burning". For
anyone who does not cash out and accrues more than 12 weeks, then CLI
automatically pays them out at the lower rate end of the fiscal year so that
they start the new year with 12 weeks accrued PTO. I am happy to send
anyone a copy of our personnel policy.
Thanks all. Great discussion.
John Schwartz
419-706-5137
It is time for CLI's annual stakeholders' survey. We
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survey-- no matter what you say about us. We prefer constructive feedback
because we believe that quality can always improve!
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Thanks!
On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 1:27 PM Ariel Niekamp
<aniekamp@cagroupinc.org> wrote:
Here is a snip of our policy to give the idea of what we use. Come the new calendar year, each employee starts over with 2 full weeks. Staff may roll over only 40 hours into the next year. We also pay out vacation if employee left with notice. Depending on length of employment with us, the PTO amount given on the calendar year will increase by a half of week.
Paid time off (PTO) will be granted to regular full-time employees at the beginning of each calendar year. A week of PTO is defined as the equivalent to the number of weekly hours scheduled. For example, if an employee works 35 hours in a week, each week of PTO granted will be 35 hours. If an employee works 40 hours in a week, each week of PTO granted will be 40 hours.
New employees will receive PTO after 6 months of employment. Existing employees going from part-time to full-time will receive PTO after 6 months of being in full-time status. Employees in their first calendar year will receive 1 week PTO pro-rated for the length of the year they will be working. For example, if an employee starts on January 1, they will be granted 1 week PTO, if an employee starts on July 1, they will receive ½ that amount.
Employees in their second through fifth calendar year of employment will receive 2 weeks PTO.
Employees in their sixth through tenth calendar year of employment will receive 2.5 weeks PTO.
Employees in their eleventh through fifteenth calendar year of employment will receive 3 weeks PTO.