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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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    As staff, I was allowed 6 call-outs per 6 month period max before termination ensued. Three call-outs (3 shifts in a row max would be one without a doctor's note required) and you were flying under the radar. On the fourth you would get a verbal warning, The fifth a written warning. I always kept track of my call-outs and always maintained no more than 3 in a 6 mo. period, and when the oldest fell off, I knew I would have another call-out to use. Never ever got warned for flying under the radar.

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    3 times in 4 months, then you get a verbal

    Dayum. I remember those days. I took a mental health once a month.

    May I ask.. is this a union facility?

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    But I called in (New Yorkers say "call in" as in "call in sick".

    I am in Texas. When the employee is calling out due to sickness or car trouble, we say that they "called in" or "called out." On the other hand, when we're canceling the worker's shift due to low census, we refer to it as "calling off" the employee.

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    3 times in 6 months. Calling in couple days in the row counts as one call in. If I would be sick more than 4 days and had MD note they will start using my EIB on 5th day of my absence.

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    We are allowed 4 occurrences before disciplinary action. At 5 we get a verbal, 6 is a written, 7 is a suspension and 8 is termination. Get this: An occurrence includes failure to clock in/out, tardies, call outs or leaving shift. Failing to clock in/out, tardies and leaving a shift with less than half left is a half occurrence. The rest are full occurrences. I just got a verbal for having too many failure to clock in/out.

    I only had 3 call outs in 1 year.

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    3 times in 4 months, then you get a verbal
    Yes,....that's about what I remember was the general rule. I got a verbal once for having an average of one call off every 6 weeks during a certain period. She said I had a pattern. She was right. I was not loving my job about then....
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    We are allowed 4 occurrences before disciplinary action. At 5 we get a verbal, 6 is a written, 7 is a suspension and 8 is termination. Get this: An occurrence includes failure to clock in/out, tardies, call outs or leaving shift. Failing to clock in/out, tardies and leaving a shift with less than half left is a half occurrence. The rest are full occurrences. I just got a verbal for having too many failure to clock in/out.

    I only had 3 call outs in 1 year.

    My job has a policy similar to this. I'm such a stickler about clocking in and out because of this.

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    I am in Texas. When the employee is calling out due to sickness or car trouble, we say that they "called in" or "called out." On the other hand, when we're canceling the worker's shift due to low census, we refer to it as "calling off" the employee.

    I noticed some areas say it is "call out" and some say, "call in". We said, "call in" in my part of NY (where I started).

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    My job has a policy similar to this. I'm such a stickler about clocking in and out because of this.

    Trust me, I am very careful about it now! When I got the verbal I was flabbergasted.

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    My job has a policy similar to this. I'm such a stickler about clocking in and out because of this.

    Don't clock in, don't get paid. Stops that behavior pretty quick. No counseling, no warning, no write up. Simple.

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    Don't clock in, don't get paid. Stops that behavior pretty quick. No counseling, no warning, no write up. Simple.

    Except the DOL kinds frowns on that!

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    God I really, really hate that employees are treated this way. It's a terrible shame. 4 per year isn't close to enough for a widow with a small child. :no:

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