Holiday schedule....

[deespoohbear]

I just got a call from my boss about the holiday schedule for the year. Said it is giving her the biggest headache of her life. Wants some of us to come in and discuss it Friday. Here are the sticky points:

We have six holidays-New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We are suppose to work every other holiday. And if we work Thanksgiving you get Christmas off, or vica versa. The last two years our hospital has hired "weekend" only people who work only weekends. They don't work a holiday unless it falls on the weekend. Which really puts some of us in a bind at the holiday time. The last couple of years they have pulled day shift people to cover 3-11 on the holidays, which is a very sore point with the day people. The management says that is the only way it is fair. We say bull****. Anyway, I am trying to find out how other facilities to the holiday schedules. Do you do every other? Do you get pulled off your normal shift to cover? Any ideas here would be welcomed. Thanks...

[Geeg]

Work Agency and you don't have to work any holidays, if you don't want to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wsiab]

Holidays off....That's funny.

We are required to get christmas or new years off, based on seniority. If your holiday off does not fall on one of your regularly scheduled days off, then you get signed for an extra shift to make up for the day off.

Holidays off are like the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and magical chocolates that if eaten between the hours of 1am and 5am have 0 calories.

[RN-PA, RN]

At our hospital, full and part-timers have to work every other holiday. This year I'm working July 4 and Thanksgiving. Next year, I'll have to work New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Christmas. Those who work casual or pool have to pick one winter and one summer holiday. Since I work evening shift, Christmas and New Years Eve will often fall on an evening I'm already scheduled, but I think management will work with us if we're scheduled for the eve AND the holiday to at least try to get the eve off.

[Cafe]

We have to work 3 holidays a year alternating Thanksgiving and Christmas. Weekenders do not unless it is their weekend, makes sense, they were hired for weekends only. Per diem is starting and they will have to work a holiday (will have to see how long it takes to get nurses into the program with shortage and how many regular staff we lose into the program). We will be offered a bonus if we work a 4th holiday and higher call pay for holidays.