Time off (PTO) for full time vs. part time nurses

hikernurse · Mar 12, 2007

We get a week's worth of PTO to be used how we choose. After five years we get two weeks, three after ten. They base part time folks PTO on that. I usually choose to make up my sick days than use PTO because it seems like it takes too long to add it up!

We get five call-ins a year without penalty. Full-time gets a little more, but I can't remember.

SteveNNP, MSN, NP · Mar 12, 2007

Full time RN's accrue 8 hours of PTO every 2 week pay period to be used for vacation, sick days, etc.... PT gets something like 3 hrs a pay period... I usually end up with about 15 days of PTO a year.

ZippyGBR, BSN, RN · Mar 12, 2007

the easiest answer for sick days is - as is the case i nthe UK there is NO allocation , however for sickness absence of less than 7 days you are required to provide self certification and for more than 7 days a formal sick certificate fro mthe responsible doc...

sickness monitoring shouid be an occ health matter especially if there is a pattenr - if occ health are unable to find a satisfactory outcome then it might becoem disciplianry

the risk with an allocation of sick days is that they get used anyway and /or people come into work when they aren't fit ( and therefore not safe) for work

bill4745, RN · Mar 12, 2007

Our rolling year starts the first time we call out. Three callouts gets you a letter. Seven can result in termination, although it is rarely done if you have documentation (doctor's receipts, ED instructions, etc.) of your illnesses.

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Mar 12, 2007

Well I seldom ever get sick really, usually when I call in ill it is so I can go enjoy gods wonderfull weather and get some serious golf in. I only do this 5 or 6 times a year. Does wonders for me.

Charge205 · Sep 15, 2007

I am a full time. I am allowed to call in 7 times,( we call them occuranced) after that termination. (Some times they have bulked the days together for some employees if you call in with the same excuse and are on the verge of being terminated.) If you call in 3 times on a weekend it you start counting your calling as 2 occurances.. If you leave work before half of your shift is completed you get 1/2 occurance. I get one emergency day a year ( you have to use it or lose it ) I earn 380 hours of PTO in one year.. Smiling here Yes thats alot of days.

DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN · Sep 15, 2007

We accumulate PTO by the amount of hours we work. Full-time accumulates 8 hours of PTO for every 60 hours worked. Part-time acculates 8 hours for every 80 hours worked.

We are allowed 8 call-ins per year. If you are out 2-3 days in a row that is considered only one call in. However, after 3 call in's you are called to the managers office and after 5 you are given a verbal warning.

Charge205 · Sep 15, 2007

thanks for the reply. We can be off 2 days from work ( the third you need a doctors excuse to return back to work.) Its counted as one call in. at your 5th occurance -verbal warning, 6th -written warning 7th-- 3 day paper suspension only, 8th -call in termination.. No call no show equals no pay and one step in discipline and a written warning, these drop off after one year. 3 consecutive no call no shows will result in termination..

vamedic4, EMT-P · Sep 15, 2007

This is the PTO earnings at my facility:

Years of Service

PTO Benefits

Years of Service

0 - 2 years

Full Time Part time

200 (7.70) ((.097)) 200

2 - 5 years

240 (9.24) ((.116) 240

5 - 9 years

260 (10.00) ((.125)) 260

9+ years

280 (10.77) ((.135)) 280

The numbers in parenthesis are the "per pay period" earnings. For example - I have been at my current full time position for 12+ years, so I earn 10.77 hours of PTO per pay period. The totals for the year are on the right.

Also, we have a rolling calendar year when it comes to occurrences.

Hope that helps.

vamedic4

Glad summer is winding down!!

Charge205 · Sep 15, 2007

thats not a bad PTO package. the most PTO we can accural for 20+ years is 505 thats for parttime and full time workers.. We are able to buy back time if we wish.. glad your winding down.. I have off tomorrow and I love to say up late Friday night.. but being a morning person I'm not lucky enough to sleep in past 7am.. My internal clock has me up for years at 5am to get ready to be at work my 630am.

kcalohagirl · Sep 15, 2007

This thread is making me realize I need to look back in my handbook and doublecheck the specifics. . . . .It's been over a year since hospital orientation, and when you are a night-shifter trying to sit through a 0800-1200 session, the memory can be a little hazy.

As I remember it. We accrue about 6 hours of PTO per week, or 12 per pay period. It accruues based on the amount of hours you work, so if you are working a ton of overtime, your PTO hours will build up faster.

As far as call ins, etc. We work on a pt system. A call in 4 hours or more before the shift gets you 1 point. A no call/no show gets you 3 points. Arriving late/leaving early gets you half a poing. 6 points = termination, however they have to counsel you first. So if your manager "forgets" to counsel you at point 5, . . . . . .

Strangely enough, however, I know one aide in particular that I worked with back before I was an RN that would call in every stinking Saturday night she was scheduled and never was fired. . . .

Unfortunately, I have a friend who had some serious health problems and was encouraged to "resign" before she was "terminated" for having 6 points so that she could be "rehired" in 6 months. This unfortunately made her ineligible for unemployment, and she was one of the best techs I have ever had the privelege of working with.

If you are cancelled due to low census, they dock your PTO.

However, on my floor, if you wish to take a day off without pay and staffing can handle it, the manager will allow it. I did that one pay period when I had worked overtime one week, and only worked 2 days the next. Yay for flexibility on our unit!