[Laurab14]

Sorry, I guess I can't PM yet, so I am going to repond to everyone.

Here were my rules:

1. Every employee must work the number of days that they were hired for each week. (and hired shift)

2. Each employee must work every other weekend.

3. The blank schedule was posted and removed within one week (same time every month). If someone didn't fill it out, I did it for them. You must fill out your OWN schedule

4. Requested days off needed PTO slips.

5. No changes after the schedule was posted. You chose it you work it!

Most people scheduled themselves the same every month, and the call offs got cut in half. Also I got alot more employees after it started as word of mouth spread.

didn't solve all the problems but did help. I was scared to death to try but for me it worked.

Might be worth a try

Laura

[Butterfliesnroses]

I'm an aide in a LTC facility...My boss, the DNS, fills out our schedule...Most of us have set schedules...Nice most of the time, except the same aides get every weekend off, same for the nurses...OH wells...This will actually work in my favor when I go back to school (September)...Anyways the rules our you can call out one day, if you call out the second day a dr.'s note is required and you get paid sick time. If you call out on the weekend a dr.'s note is required. If you call out the day before, day of, or day after a holiday you don't get holiday pay.

[cotjockey]

I used to work at a place that took everyone who had no call-ins in a three month period and drew names for $50. I think they picked four names a month. I won it three or four times in the year and a half that I was there/ It doesn't offer a lot of incentive not to call in since you only have a chance at getting the $$$, but it rewards the people who actually show up like they are supposed to.

[littlebitark]

At my place if you call in- The next day you must go before the QA board and explain why you call in- They ask you all kinds of questions- Then they send you out of the room and they vote to excused your absences or not-
As a CNA I'm scared to call in- don't want to faced the board- it does make you think twice before calling in-

[spaniel]

Oh yea, the QA board sure sounds effective... now we have nursing staff facing a "parole board". An administrator at one of the local nursing homes was a no show for many days, did not even provide a phone contact for when the DOH came to audit...and this person gets a severance pay.
My answer to the DON who wanted a positive way to motivate people. Try self scheduling if possible-it helps a bit.