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On 1/9/2003 10:25:45 AM Bob Owens wrote:
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On 1/9/2003 9:13:18 AM JBLU007 wrote:
Aloha,
Calling in sick is not a problem at JBLU. They dont have sick days. JBLU combines vacation, holiday, and sick days, all in one bank called PTO, payed time off. You can use them anytime and anyway you want. Makes more sense. That way you dont have people calling in sick for, "mental health days." If people need a day off they just take no questions asked.
ALOHA, 007
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No questions? What happens when everyone wants the same day? How many days a year do you get? Can you accumulate time? We can bank up to 150 days of sick time and get up to 7 weeks of vacation plus 10 Holidays. If we get ill we could be out with full pay for up to 185 days (provided we have the accrued time and years of service). What are you contractually entitled to? Nothing, the company could change thier policy at any time.
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JBLUE007 - That is exactly how my old employer, AOL Time Warner, and my current company that I run personally handle sick time. Everyone can take 40 hours over with them at the end of the year - the rest is cashed out or lost, depending on what the worker wants to do with it.
Very rarely do problems arise with too many people using this time...because it is at a premium to them. They don't get sick & vacation time...you just get PTO and that's it. It is also required that the PTO is filed 48 hours in advance or else it is considered EMVC (Emergency Vacation). After several occurances of EMVC...the person is issued a written warning - 3 and out. The 48 hour window allows for the shift to be posted for others to pick up as OT or regular pay.
Other little notes to this. Holidays are paid as double time and a half (2.5 times pay) for up to 8 hours worked that day. They are limited to real holidays like Christmas, T-Giving, etc. If a person uses EMVC during their scheduled day before or after that holiday, they forfit holiday pay. So if you are off Monday & Tuesday and Wednesday is a holiday but you took EMVC on Sunday - you don't get your holiday pay.
Everything eventually works itself out and people only take the days they need off.