Conditional Bonus?

FunHRBanker

Employee is scheduled to work Monday through Friday and then volunteers to work Saturday also. We pay for all hours and any overtime and also offer a bonus for working the extra day. If an employee is scheduled to work M-F and volunteers to work Saturday, but calls in one of the scheduled days. The reason for the absence wouldn't matter; if they aren't at work all week, they wouldn't be eligible for the Saturday bonus.

Is this legal?

drehil

To my knowledge the FSLA does not come into play when you pay anything over and above it's regulations. How does your "Saturday Bonus" policy read? We do not use the term "Saturday Bonus", we say if you work a 6th or 7th day in a row you will get this....which means they physically have to work the days to get the bonus. So in the case you sited above, our employee would not be eligible for the "Bonus" if they worked on Saturday, but they would be able to keep their sick time because they made up the time they missed during the week. Hope that helps.

FunHRBanker

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 09-14-07 AT 01:14PM (CST)[/font][br][br]There isn't a policy yet.

Gotcha! Your policy reads that you must work 6 consecutive days to receive a bonus for the 6th day.

drehil

You should check with your state regulations, but I say yes in regards to FSLA.