PTO for Charity Work
BonnieS
8 Posts
I work for a small (30 employees) company in which almost two-thirds of our employees telecommute from their homes scattered around the country. The owner has long been active in charitable work ranging from local, church food banks to large organizations such as the Make A Wish Foundation, and he would like the company to invest in both our employees and their communities by offering up to a week of PTO in which to do some sort of volunteer work. He has tasked me to research this idea and find out how such a plan should be administered, what things we need to consider, the costs involved, etc.
Although we have a great group of professional employees now, I realize that at some point down the road there is a good possibility of abuse and that we need to set good, legal parameters. One of the first hurdles I see would be to decide how to determine which charities would be deemed "eligible" for the program.
I haven't seen any recent threads on this subject and would really appreciate any comments or suggestions any of you may have on setting up this type of program. If you already do something similar and have a policy or guidelines you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks,
Bonnie
Although we have a great group of professional employees now, I realize that at some point down the road there is a good possibility of abuse and that we need to set good, legal parameters. One of the first hurdles I see would be to decide how to determine which charities would be deemed "eligible" for the program.
I haven't seen any recent threads on this subject and would really appreciate any comments or suggestions any of you may have on setting up this type of program. If you already do something similar and have a policy or guidelines you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks,
Bonnie
Comments
I'd be curious to know what else you find if you'll keep us updated.
best wishes,
So far I haven't heard of any other programs and really appreciate your input. I'll keep you posted on how things turn out.