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Call offs

How many calls offs are you allowed in a rolling calendar year .. We have 4 and we get a verbal at 5 and level 1 at 6 . they don't care if a family member is very ill and you call off it still counts , no excuses , if your son is sick in the hospital they don't care . What bothers me is we have a supervisor just takes her name off the schedule if something comes up with her family so she never has call ins, I on the other hand had a 6 year old get sick and had to call off ,they wouldn't take my name off the schedule like the supervisor would do hers . She refused to take my name off so I wouldn't get counted as a call in ... But if it was her she would just remove her name . I am now at a level 1 with a nasty write up .... And I guess that's how it is , thanks for letting me vent ... I can't do anything about it oh and im a widow

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    Our attendance policy seems a tad bit stricter than yours. We're allowed to accrue two call-outs in a 12-month rolling period. The third call-out results in a verbal warning and the fourth results in a written warning.

    Since I only call out once per year, the draconian attendance policy does not really impact me in any significant manner.

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    I don't care what any employer's call off policy is, I believe if you have a verified serious illness, death in the family, or you get hospitalized from a bad car accident, you should be given leeway up to twice a year, or maybe three times a year. Anything above that, even for something verified and serious, should start counting. Some employers, like some employees, take this policy, or the breaking of such policy, too far the way I see it. And as for your supervisor, oh, what can I say! If that isn't a goose and gander situation, I don't know what is. I would send an anonymous complaint to the head administrative honcho to see if they will put a stop to this unfairness, or change the policy so everyone can make schedule changes like her. Fair is fair.

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    Is 5 a total of 5 days in a year or 5 episodes?

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    That stinks. I feel for you. I have had anywhere from 6 to 12 sick days a year, depending on the job. PTO is a little different...pooled vacation and sick together. I had ample most of the time....NOT that they really liked it if you took what you earned. I was told during a yearly eval one time that I took too much, even though I had the time on the books.

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    3 times in 4 months, then you get a verbal

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    Other facilities call off policies are not pertinent here.

    The fact that your supervisor has separate policies applied is also not pertinent.

    You need to apply for FMLA . You will then have the time(12 weeks / rolling year) you need to take care of your son.

    Best of luck to you and your boy. Let us know how it's going.

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    In the hospital I had 8. If you called in on a Monday or a Friday they would "tap" you to let you know they were watching you for a pattern. AND 2 or 3 days in a row were 1 episode. I was never written up or even close, so I don't know if there was a formal attendance policy.

    I now work at a high school. I have practically nothing- 4? 6? But I called in (New Yorkers say "call in" as in "call in sick". I think we are the only ones that do that) Friday because my mom was in the hospital, and I had called in 2 weeks before because I had DIARRHEA, and they could NOT have been nicer.

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    In the hospital I had 8. If you called in on a Monday or a Friday they would "tap" you to let you know they were watching you for a pattern. AND 2 or 3 days in a row were 1 episode. I was never written up or even close, so I don't know if there was a formal attendance policy.

    I now work at a high school. I have practically nothing- 4? 6? But I called in (New Yorkers say "call in" as in "call in sick". I think we are the only ones that do that) Friday because my mom was in the hospital, and I had called in 2 weeks before because I had DIARRHEA, and they could NOT have been nicer.

    I live in the south and we say call-in as well. We have 7 in a rolling year and then it's termination. That includes tardies. At some point you get a verbal and then a written but I don't know at what point.

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    I live in the south and we say call-in as well. We have 7 in a rolling year and then it's termination. That includes tardies. At some point you get a verbal and then a written but I don't know at what point.

    As far as I know, and I worked there for 22 years, NO ONE was ever terminated for attendance, unless it was blatant no shows.

    Tardys, however, were a joke. I swear I was the only one on time, ever.

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    When I was at the hospital it was 4 in a year 5th was a verbal 6th a write up and 7th termination. The way I saw it we were only working 3 days a week, so really that's a lot. It was also per occurrence, you could be out for two weeks and it was only one occurrence if it was consecutive.

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    As far as I know, and I worked there for 22 years, NO ONE was ever terminated for attendance, unless it was blatant no shows.

    Tardys, however, were a joke. I swear I was the only one on time, ever.

    We actually had a guy fired for attendance. And they REALLY crack down on tardies now. They keep a very close eye on it now.

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    3 episodes in a 90 day period is a verbal and starts the disciplinary plan. A 4th call off is a written, a 5th is termination in the following 90 days- no starting back at zero if in the plan. They also watch for patterns- if someone calls out as soon as they complete the plan, ends up in it again, and then calls off as soon as out of it again, they could be terminated for call off patterns. Consecutive days are considered a single episode. More than 2 days requires a note stating allowed to return.

    To to protect yourself, I would look into the possibility of FMLA to take care of your son.

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