WR: PTO Question

[snickers83]

Does your company require you to take 8 hours of PTO if you are not putting in any hours of work on a particular day?

i.e...Let's say I work 42 hours Monday through Thursday. Our company still requires us to take 8 hours of PTO on Friday if we do not work.

Is your company the same? They recently changed this policy and so everyone is all up in the air about it and upset. Thoughts?

[kadams767]

Yes. I am salaried and don't have comp time. If I take Friday off, I have to use PTO for it.

[luvmagoldn]

We do total time recording but that doesn't mean that if you are exempt and you work 40 by Thursday that you get Friday off. If your schedule is Monday - Friday you are expected to be here Monday - Friday. Regardless of the number of hours you have worked.

[definitelyO]

We don't have comp time - so I'm with the PP - even if I do work 42 hours M-Th - I have to be here on Friday - do I have to be productive? no - but I have to be here or take PTO. I'm salary.

If our hourly staff works 40 in 4 days and their supervisors allows it they would have Friday off typically as that's planned for and right now we're watching overtime.

[chessie]

We don't have comp time we are paid salary, whether we work 35 or 100- no comp. Days off we take off PTO time which is provided X amount per year.

[litasail]

If I've met my billable requirement for the week and have everything covered, then I'm fine to "work from home" on that Friday.

[marchmom06]

I'm salaried & get no comp time, so if I want to take Friday off (regardless of the hours I've put in previously that week) I have to take a vacation day.

[WOT?*]

Remember, salaried doesn't mean non-exempt. It depends on your job description. If you've already put in 42 hours and they require you to appear Friday or put in for PTO, they pay for the PTO plus the 2 hours overtime plus 8 hours PTO or they pay you for showing up and working on Friday...which would be 8 hours (+ the 2 already on the books from Thursday) of overtime. I'd show up on Friday rather than accept the PTO requirement. IIRC, they only have to pay overtime for hours worked and vacation/PTO doesn't count against hours worked so it's to their benefit to require you to take the PTO.

[milkrations]

I am on a contract where I work X # of days per year. My work hours are a "professional day" which the big boss always refers to as an 8 hour day, even though most are 10+. So, if I worked 40 hours, Monday through Thursday, I'd still have to come in on Friday or take PTO.

[MadamePresident]

While they are flexible with our hours, if we wanted to take a full day off, we would need to use PTO. In my experience, being a salary employee generally results in you working more than 40 hours each week.

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May 23, 2012 15:23:29 GMT -5 litasail said:

If I've met my billable requirement for the week and have everything covered, then I'm fine to "work from home" on that Friday.

jealousssss

[ejpint]

I'm exempt, I'm expected to be here M-F, at least 8-5, regardless of what other hours I've worked in the office or at home. Thankfully I'm in normally pretty work/life friendly office, and it pretty much is M-F, 8-5.

[aerowife2010]

Yes, I am. DH, on the other hand, could work alternative weeks and work 40 hours Monday-Thursday and not have to take PTO on Friday. Sometimes I'm jealous of the flexibility he has.

[catwithspots]

May 23, 2012 15:23:29 GMT -5 litasail said:

If I've met my billable requirement for the week and have everything covered, then I'm fine to "work from home" on that Friday.

Similiar here....
My company uses a "common sense/trust" method. If one week is super crazy with work and the following week is slower, we can "work from from home" to balance. It is all by honor, and we did not abuse it. It's win/win.

[Mushe]

Yes. If I don't work at all on Friday, in your example, I have to take PTO that day. But if I work at all that day, and it works with my workload and schedule, I could take the rest of the day off without taking leave.

[LoveTrains]

I am also salaried/exempt, and regardless of how many hours I work M-Thurs, I am expected to be at the office a minimum of 8-4 on Friday. We have Fridays off in the summer, but during the rest of the year we are expected to work a minimum of M-F from 8 - 4 pm, regardless of how late I stayed at the office on Tuesday or what event I worked on Saturday.

[EmilieMadison]

Yes, when I was working. I was salaried and had no comp time, so even if I worked more than 40 hours, I still had to use PTO to take a day off.
DH is salaried but his job is more flexible about it because he's also on call a lot and works closer to 60 hours/week on average.