VVT..How's yours?

[beerfd]

I think if you get sent home but showed up on time, then you're fine. But if you call in that's where you have to worry about it. I was told that I'm supposed to give mgmt 3 hours notice if I can't make it in. Problem is, I never know when my shift will start. How can I give you 3 hours notice?

now, that's a good point..

[beerfd]

I just checked the attendance policy (it's on the employee portal under "policies"). There are attendance "events" that are clearly spelled out, but I don't see any reference to "points". I'm pretty sure that absences with doctor's excuses are considered "excused".

That's some good info., I've never read the policy..

[radman]

Heck i got like 108 hours of pto time built up.

Can I borrow some of your HOURS, I am tapped out and could really use a vacation.

[White Shirt]

If the vacation calendar for today is full, then yes you do. Each terminal is allowed a certain number of people off on a particular day and if you make it go one over, it's a point. If you've got good attendance then it's no big deal. What hacks me off is the principle behind it. An employee has a life outside of work. And because something comes up in that employee's life, like the illness of a child or yourself, you can be punished. This is the only place I've ever worked at that had this kind of policy.

Fed Ex Freight has a very similar policy. If you show up to work everyday and have an occasional issue you have nothing to worry about. How many people complain though when someone calls in all the time and you have to work harder. The only way to weed those people out is to have a solid policy in place.

[rattlehead]

we were told that if you bring in a Dr. note that's great. It lets them know you are not lying. However, if you didn't call in 3 hours before your shift, or they are full up on people off for the day you will still get a point regardless of the Dr. note or reason.

[smokin'joe]

Naw, I got deathly sick one day last year, fos sent me home 4 hours early. I was going to stay and finish inbound dock, but he told me I might endanger others while on the forklift. Didn't even get any points, I think points are dependent on local management.

If they send you home no point. If you choose to leave early its a full event.

[beingpissed on]

just gives the ones on it a lic. to steel time... nothing comes from it

[nncnwydude]

Fed Ex Freight has a very similar policy. If you show up to work everyday and have an occasional issue you have nothing to worry about. How many people complain though when someone calls in all the time and you have to work harder. The only way to weed those people out is to have a solid policy in place.

If someone calls in all the time just for the heck of it, that's one thing. If he's got a valid reason to be out, that's another. My attendance points aren't an "issue" as you put it, but I have a hell of a problem with a doctor's excuse not being excused. I'm sorry, does Con-way know more whether or not I should be at work than my health care provider? Doctor's excuses (and they should be called and checked up on yes) should be an excused "attendance event" as we like to put it. Period.

[White Shirt]

If someone calls in all the time just for the heck of it, that's one thing. If he's got a valid reason to be out, that's another. My attendance points aren't an "issue" as you put it, but I have a hell of a problem with a doctor's excuse not being excused. I'm sorry, does Con-way know more whether or not I should be at work than my health care provider? Doctor's excuses (and they should be called and checked up on yes) should be an excused "attendance event" as we like to put it. Period.

It should be excused with a doctor visit. All you need is to be prescribed medication and it falls under FMLA and no point.

[smokin'joe]

It should be excused with a doctor visit. All you need is to be prescribed medication and it falls under FMLA and no point.

If the vacation board is full, we still are penalized at our place. Doctors note, drugs no matter.