This is our policy: --- PTO will be based on a graduating scale for tenure and will reset on the employees hire date anniversary. Years 1,2 at 3.07 hours per payroll period (26 periods) Years 3,4,5 @ 4.62 per payroll period Years 6,7,8,9 @ 6.15 per period Years 10-14 @ 7.69 per period Years 15 beyond @ 9.23 per period In Addition to PTO days the company allows for up to 6 (48 hrs) "sick" days. Sick days are unplanned events for the employee or a member of the employees family sick time resets with the calendar year. ---
Also, if their sick time is used up and they're actually sick to the point of performing their work poorly or getting others sick, then I think we just give them the time off. It's better for us that way. I missed almost six weeks of work last school year. It was my son's first year of preschool, so he was always sick. When he's sick, I'm sick. Now I didn't actually miss 240 hours of work. I just took more work-from-home days than usual and more days when I worked 4 hours instead of 8+. -- Mike Hammett ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 10:52:58 AM Subject: [AFMUG] OT tough love This morning, our HR list got an email from one of our employees that says he is sick but has a personal problem too and needs the day off. He claimed sick yesterday. I told him to go to the doctor otherwise he needs to come in. Then we got an email from his girlfriend that also works here saying she needed the day off to take care of her boyfriend. I told her that is not how it works, PTO must be pre arranged. If she is sick stay home. Otherwise come to work. This kid of stuff will jeopardize her employment. They are both in early 20s I think. That generation claims to be so unhealthy.. What should be done in these situations? The girl is doing a job of a former employee that was malingering, many weeks over the past couple of years. She was a drama queen and always stirring up trouble. Finally got enough and told her if she didn’t get a doctors note or show up she would be fired. At that she said she is not gonna return until she feels respected. I hit the eject button. Most of our employees are not any problem at all. Many of them have told me this is the best job they have ever had. But we always have one or two problem cases. Like to know the absenteeism policy across the spectrum of companies. I cannot imagine even the most woke companies allow this kind of stuff. Best Regards, Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Drive Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 Office www.microtrench-blades.com www.mccowntech.com www.terabitnetworks.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
