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America's Pride - vacation - anon
Posted: Apr 02, 2014
Wondering if anyone has been able to use vacation time yet? Been so long since I heard anything. Supposed to be a "benefit" from the Service Contract Act.
Vacation - apmt
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I haven't used mine yet, but the time you have available will show up on your check stub after your anniversary date and then you'll have until your next anniversary to use it.
thanks.. - anon
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Could have sworn they said that was just an estimate and would be "finalized" later on. A few things said in the overall process didn't exactly pan out and others still seemed up in the air.
vacation - apmt
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When my time first showed up on my stub, it was incorrect, only showed an hour or so of vacation time. I sent an e-mail about it and got it straightened out.
I was told we could use it at any time - before next anniversary date
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As long as we notify K of when we won't be working so she can make sure our accounts have sufficient coverage. Then just add it to your hours with "vacation" stipulation on the number of hours you want to be paid for that pay period.
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Let me get this right:
1. We are 8 business days from the beginning of crazy work.
2. We are out of TAT a lot now, client unhappy.
3. You want us to widdle down our saved time off to just 2 days; there are 30 biz days left to end of year.
4. You want roll-over time (only up to 16 hours) to be used by 03/31/2015.
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How do you handle this???
I have a few clients that don't tell me when they will not be in the office and then right before they go away everything becomes a STAT. How can I make them understand that without them being there I am losing time and money and that if I knew I could have made alternate plans.
Any advice would be great!
Cathy ...