Pay day and Mandatory Staff Meetings/Inservices

[Love-A-Nurse]

good afternoon!

i was wondering how you as an individual felt about not being able to get your pay check unless you attent a mandatory meeting/inservice. you are a penalizied by a verbal warning first and so forth if you do not attend.

i do understand that some would not attend most meetings/inservices without some stipulations, but, i don't feel it is right when it comes to one's pay check being the driving force to attend.

how is it where you work regarding pay day and mandatory meetings?

any thoughts/comments.

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

I am not sure it is legal to hold a paycheck that is rightfully due someone. Mandatory meetings can be addressed in other ways, such as annual evaluations. As for direct deposit - save the facility a LOT of money so is a good business deal and I appreciate not having to wonder if my $ is there--it is, whether I am in town or not. Thank goodness for ATM's

[Love-A-Nurse]

according to this thread, it seems that only nursing home facilities does this.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

In home health we had over 125 aides. We did inservices the day before pay day. If you came you got your check a day early. If you did not attend the inservice you could pick it up the next day. You were fired if you got three warnings about inservices not being attended. With over 250 stafff we had to do something to increase compliance. It worked out fine. Most came to get their checks early.

renerian

[Nurse Ratched, RN]

originally posted by love-a-nurse

according to this thread, it seems that only nursing home facilities does this.

good point. i wonder if that's because so many hospitals have gone to direct deposit being mandatory? perhaps ecf's are smaller and it's not as cost efficient for them to require it?

[FullMoonMadness]

Direct deposit is not mandatory at my hospital, but I can't figure out why anyone would choose not to. But, that said, we also have mandatory staff meetings the first payday of every month.