I, also, worked at a facility that gave all holidays off by seniority, and
they also mandated the staff for overtime, frequently. There were some nurses
[LPN and RN ] that did not have a holiday off in over seven years; and,
to make it even worse, the senior staff was allowed to take off vacation
time during holidays. The low seniority staff always got the raw end of this
deal. Oh, by the way, this facility has a tremendous turnover in staff. I
wonder why?
I think that working every other holiday is the fairest way. If you work
Christmas this year you get it off next year. We don't prohibit taking
vacation at anytime of year as long as staffing permits. I have a friend
that works in a facility that you get holidays off by seniority, and I think
its unfair. she has been there over 5 years and hasn't had a Christmas with
her son and husband yet. That, I thinks is unfair. If there is someone
that will swap holidays with you that's great, but the fairest was is to be
on one off one. We also usually give the person working the holiday their
preference of what day they want off around the holiday.
Tammy Gola BSN, RN, CRNAC
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Transitional Care Unit
575 North River Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA. 187641-0001
570-552-5417
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-----Original Message-----
From: Holly McGran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: time off- christmas
We do the same - we have had that in our personnel policy for many years -
people will get use to it.
Holly QI in CT
-----Original Message-----
From: Eva Scott [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: time off- christmas
Hi, all-
I know this is not mds, but I was to check with other facilities about
this:
We are re-doing our employee handbook. At present we do not allow
vacation time to be taken from 12/20-1/2.
We allow 2 christmas holidays and New years holiday to be used during this
time and regular days off.
This is so we have enough staff and the same longevity staff don't always
take the 2 weeks of christmas off.
We are trying to be fair to staff and cover resident needs.
However, some are now grumbling and want to change.
How do you all handle the Christmas holiday and vacations etc.??
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