We have a policy of no one takes vacation from December 15 to January 3-4. The nursing staff also work every other holiday , and are off every other holiday. So if they worked Christmas this year, they are off Christmas next year.
Faye Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Faye Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The unfairness r/t seniority if no checks in place is the reason our
policies changed r/t vacation from Memorial to Labor Day and over the
Christmas holidays. I had worked here 2 years and could not get a
summer vacation. People with seniority would request practically the
whole summer off as much as a year in advance and with staffing quotas
that left the rest of us out in the cold. Needless to say, I with my
many years of working and a "big" mouth stirred the pot and won. After
all, we have 4 seasons here Getting ready for winter, having winter,
recovering from winter and a short summer and I don't care how long
anyone has worked anywhere, every one is entitled to a little prime time
off. Ditto for Christmas although I usually volunteer to work Christmas
as I have no children living at home anymore.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Connie L. Frank
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:23 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: time off- christmas
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
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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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