Vacation Days

We are in the process of updating our vacation policy and I would like to know how ours compares to others. Currently, we have the following schedule:

After 6 months - 5 days
After 1 year - 10 days
After 3 years - 15 days
After 10 years - 20 days
After 15 years - 25 days




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  • During first year - 10 days (prorated based on hire date)
    After 3 years - 12 days
    After 4 years - 13 days
    After 5 years - 15 days
    After 15 years - 20 days
  • After one year - 5 days
    After 2 years - 10 days and 1 personal day
    After 5 years - 15 days and 1 personal day
  • yours seems very much in-line with many others that i know of.
    two things though:
    1. can leave be rolled over from year to year?
    2. do they get the leave on the first of the year?
    if so, if they terminate on the second day of the year you must pay them for all the days on the books. Otherwise, they would accrue so much each month and you would only have to pay out what they have accrued.
    3. is there a maximum payout of leave when they terminate?
    You should state all this up front.
  • Non-exempt:
    At time of hire: 19 days
    After 5 years: 24 days
    After 10 years: 29 days

    Exempt:
    At time of hire: 24 days
    After 5 years: 29 days

    New hires receive a pro-rated amount of PTO based on when they join.....I'm lucky - we're extremely generous!
  • One day per month years 1 - 3;
    1 1/2 days per month for 3+

    We give 2 personal days per year and the EEs birthday on top of the above.
  • Is that vacation time or vacation plus holidays?
  • To MSHR:

    I ran into the issue of payout of accrued vacation upon termination recently. I had always heard you had to pay out but did the research through the DOL and found out that it is not covered under FLSA and you do not have to pay out accrued vacation in every state. Check your state DOL on that.
  • franfields is correct, The FLSA does not cover it, but your state law may. Our state does not require it unless it is the companies policy to do so. If you do it for one, you must do it for all.
  • Wow - thats generous. We get 2 weeks for the first 5 years, 3 weeks for the next 5,and so on in 5 year increments. It used to be a year every 7 years but the unions rebargained and we management folks reaped the rewards as well. I also get 5 personal days and 4 floaters but they reduced our legal holidays from 6 to 4 so its not more then the 5 persoanl days, 2 floaters and 6 holidays we had last year.
  • cwells:
    After 1 year 1 week is awarded on the anniversary date.
    After 3 years 2 weeks are awarded.
    After 9 years 3 weeks are awarded.

    All employees may either take their vacation or sell back after it has been awarded.

    Certain Managers are awarded a 4th compensatory week off after he/she has used all other vacation time, he/she may request an additional week off for rest and recuperation. These managers typically spend 50 to 60 hours a week in the position rendering leadership and direct supervisory guidance in the daily task of production activities. All other EXEMPT managers are afforded the same opportunity; all they have to do is step up and become a production manager, with all the extra hours and physical/mental stress that goes with the position, "where the S _ _ T hits the floor. No one I know in this organization has ever taken that opportunity to change vocations and earn the additional week of "time off".

    PORK
  • cwells, this was the topic of our HRhero.com Monthly Survey in March 2003, with 2,785 respondents. Here are results from employers with separate vacation and sick leave:

    3. How much vacation time do your employees get in their second year of employment?

    10.3%   1 week per year

    78.5%   2 weeks

    9.1%    3 weeks

    1.3%    4 weeks or more

    0.8%    None

    4. How much vacation time do your employees get after 10 years of service?

    0.5%    1 week per year

    5.6%    2 weeks

    57.0%   3 weeks

    36.2%   4 weeks or more

    0.7%    None

    You can see the complete survey results in the Subscribers Area of this website if you're an Employment Law Letter subscriber. After you log in, look for the yellow Survey box on the right.
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    For the record, our company has PTO that accrues every two weeks:

    0-4 years: 15 days per year
    after 5 years: 18 days
    after 10 years: 21 days
    after 15 years: 24 days

    James Sokolowski
    HRhero.com
  • Full time employees are as follows:

    0-1 year 11 days
    At 1 yr. pt. 16 days
    At 5 yr. pt. 21 days
    10+ years 26 days

    Less than 40 hours is prorated out.

    *Sr. Managers receive an additional five days a year. We can also carry over 45 days annually.
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