LWOP for Exempts to save the company money

TMorche

Hello - this is the first time I've posted anything. My question is regarding the two highest executives of my company. They are in the exempt status and would like to take some Unpaid time off to save the company money - sort of a sacrafice for the cause - since times are sort of hard. How do I handle this situation since they are exempt?

So far I've determined that I could create a leave of absence policy and have them take an unpaid non-medical leave of absence. Is there any way to do it without going this avenue?

Thank you.

cebudragonlady

An easier way to do it would be to have these two executives take pay cuts.

Chari

TMorche

Unfortunately that is bad in their eyes, and so it is better for them to do something more immediate with easy to view results. They want one week unpaid, end of story, and I have to make that happen somehow. Thanks though.

Rockie

As long as the unpaid time off is in "week" increments, then you should be okay. Just can't "dock" day in increments of less than a week.

TMorche

Thank you, we are going to do one week, so that will work! Thanks a lot for your feedback.

mushroomHR

Let them take a personal leave of absence without pay.