We're union. They have off by when the request was turned in and seniority. In the past, administration discouraged staff from requesting off after Dec 15 but now even the top staff take off the 2 weeks. There are MANY disgruntled employees as a result of this. You can encourage staff to take turns and consider the feelings of others, however when so many feel it is owed them as they gain seniority, some will never see a holiday off..... Some CNAs and Licensed staff just move to departments that don't have to work holidays, like housekeeping, laundry and maintenance. It's the only way they can get the time off....and you are losing some extremely competent people from the nursing dept.
-----Original Message----- From: Holly McGran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 8:06 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.?? /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
