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Post by midjd on Nov 5, 2012 15:45:57 GMT -5
How many days do you get per year? We get 9 sick days, 3 personal days, and 12-24 vacation days (depending on length of service). I think sick time can roll over indefinitely, vacation time is capped at 10 days a year, and personal time is capped at 2 days a year. It's different for different state agencies, though... MIL also works for the state and they can roll over unlimited vacation time, lucky bastards. My aunt worked with her and had so much vacation built up she "retired" almost a year before she actually retired.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 5, 2012 15:46:21 GMT -5
I am nowhere near 240 hours of annual. I'm pleased to have 50 some hours as I might need some around the holidays.
My sick leave is another story. Every time I get it built up, I end up sick in bed for a few days. That and doctor appointments burn my sick leave. Weekly allergy shots did nothing for my sick leave balance.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 5, 2012 15:47:45 GMT -5
We earn 4 hours sick leave every 2 weeks and can bank as much as we want. We don't have disability offered to us through the workplace.
Annual I get 4 hours every 2 weeks. It goes up to 6 at three years of service and 8 hours at fifteen years.
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Post by midjd on Nov 5, 2012 15:52:55 GMT -5
Is your leave based on an 8-hour day? Ours presumes 7.5 hour workdays, even though we technically work 8 hours (counting lunch). I think the official story is that half our lunch hour is paid and half is unpaid. Since we get 9 sick days a year it works out to some weird fraction, like 5.625 hours per month. I've been here more than 3 years now and still don't understand all of it
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 5, 2012 15:59:48 GMT -5
How many days do you get per year? We get 9 sick days, 3 personal days, and 12-24 vacation days (depending on length of service). I think sick time can roll over indefinitely, vacation time is capped at 10 days a year, and personal time is capped at 2 days a year. It's different for different state agencies, though... MIL also works for the state and they can roll over unlimited vacation time, lucky bastards. My aunt worked with her and had so much vacation built up she "retired" almost a year before she actually retired. Our sick leave and annual leave (as we call it) are totally separate. We acumulate 4 hours of sick leave every pay period (every 2 weeks). That never increases no matter how long you're there. So that's 4 hours * 26 pay periods / 8 hour shifts = 13 sick days a year. We can acumulate an unlimited amount and it's added onto our length of service when figuring our pension. It's an incentive to not take sick leave. Annual leave acumulates either 4 hours a pay period (if you're a fed with less than three years), 6 hours a pay period (if you're a fed between 3 and fifteen years) and 8 hours a pay period (if you're over 15 years). They do something strange with the 6 hours/pay period thing where they give you a "bonus" of a few hours to round you up to four weeks a year, or 20 days. Annual leave can carry over to 240 hours a year. We don't get personal days, those are covered under annual leave or sick leave. We also don't have short term disability, which is why our sick leave acumulates indefinitely.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 5, 2012 16:02:14 GMT -5
Is your leave based on an 8-hour day? Ours presumes 7.5 hour workdays, even though we technically work 8 hours (counting lunch). I think the official story is that half our lunch hour is paid and half is unpaid. Since we get 9 sick days a year it works out to some weird fraction, like 5.625 hours per month. I've been here more than 3 years now and still don't understand all of it I presume it is but we can use it in 15 minute increments. Well I'm sure it is different for some. And obviously I can't easily take a half day of vacation if I'm on an audit somewhere out of town. I work 9 hour days so it takes me a long time to accrue a day off. I only work every other Friday though which helps a lot. We are here for 9.5 hours with half a hour unpaid for lunch. Officially we also get 2 15 minute paid breaks so unofficially everyone takes a hour for lunch.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 5, 2012 16:03:22 GMT -5
"Is your leave based on an 8-hour day?"
Yes. Typically we work 8.5 hours and take 30 minutes for lunch. That's why when you earn 6 hours a pay period (like I am), they give you some hours to round it into a even 20 days of 8 hour shifts.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 5, 2012 16:05:17 GMT -5
Dang WVUGURL, you still haven't corssed your three years yet? You must be getting close....
I've been at 6 hours every 2 weeks for over two years now.
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Post by midjd on Nov 5, 2012 16:17:28 GMT -5
The federal system sounds much "cleaner" than ours... I think the executive branch sets out the policies but gives leave to the other two branches to modify, which of course always makes things fun
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Nov 5, 2012 16:22:31 GMT -5
I like to burn days this time of year. With so many holidays (Vets, T-Day, and Cmas) I can plug in some days strategically to not have to work a full week until after New Years. And I love to take off the whole week between Cmas and New Years since nothing really happens around here anyway.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 5, 2012 16:31:23 GMT -5
The federal system sounds much "cleaner" than ours... I think the executive branch sets out the policies but gives leave to the other two branches to modify, which of course always makes things fun You're just jealous because we get more time off than you do
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2012 16:48:26 GMT -5
Mid I think that sounds like a good solution! Either take a longer break or a few three-day weekends.
Do a few things you wouldn't usually do, both chores like cleaning out a closet or maybe taking your MIL out to lunch ;-), and some things just for you.
I usually split my "extra" days off between chores (not regular cleaning though) and having lunch with a handful of close friends I don't get to see often.
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Post by shanendoah on Nov 5, 2012 17:40:17 GMT -5
We have PTO- no separate sick and vacation. What we earn depends on position (exempt employees earn more than non-exempt) and length of service. I currently earn roughly 8 hours/2 weeks, so 26 days/year. You can have up to 150% of the time you would earn in a year, but if you reach that point, you stop earning any new PTO- so I could get up to 39 days saved up, but couldn't earn anymore if I reached that point. When I started, we also earned (very slowly) what was called Earned Illness Bank hours, and those were for extended illness issues before disability kicked in. You had to be out at least 3 days using PTO before your EIB coverage would kick in. EIB hours had no limit and never expired- however, they also don't pay out when you leave. A few years ago, our company switched to have short term disability coverage and people stopped earning EIB hours. I still have almost 160 hours in EIB, and if I get sick (for more than 2 days now), I MUST use those hours before I can apply for STD coverage. However, I can't use those hours for FMLA covered leave for adoption or any other family issue. They are only for staff member serious illness or injury.
I don't mind the combo PTO. When I was younger, I was always dipping into my vacation days to cover sick leave and now that I'm older (and can work from home) I rarely take a sick day, so it just means more vacation days.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Nov 5, 2012 17:40:56 GMT -5
Dang WVUGURL, you still haven't corssed your three years yet? You must be getting close.... I've been at 6 hours every 2 weeks for over two years now. 6/20/13 is my three year date.
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