Merit increase during leave of absence

lfinkel · December 2003

My company is planning to implement new merit program this year based on anniversary date. My question is, if you out on FMLA or other leave what do you do about effective date of your increase? Do you proceed as it is or wait until this person comes back and make it return from FMLA date effective date for merit increase?

Thank you.

marc · December 2003

Posting twice in the same forum probably will not significantly increase your feedback.

juju · December 2003

We wait until the employee returns to work to review the evaluation and then retro the increase back to the anniversary date. During FMLA, everything is supposed to be the same as if the employee was NOT out on leave, so the increase should be effective on the anniversary date, in my opinion. Often, there is not much (if any) retro pay in question, as most employees are on unpaid leaves unless they have benefit time to cover it.

lfinkel · December 2003

Thank you. I wasn't sure which forum is the right one. I'll keep it in mind.

Merit increase during leave of absence

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