Only heard a brief portion, but can anyone explain the way vacation is going to work now?

If you are asking what I think you are....vacations will be handled by your terminal manager. I remember the CLT and ATL regions being the test mule for that, but I thought it had been put into place company wide already. It works really well for the most part here in GVL. I hated calling central dispatch to ask for a day off b/c they never wanted to give it to you. I've had a day I wanted be denied, only to be cut that same day. If that is not what you are talking about, I apologize.

np i should have been more specific. heard briefly today from management that starting jan 1st 2010 we will have to earn are vacation from scratch. lets say for example you have 4 weeks of vacation and take 3 weeks in july, for some reason you leave the company in august, you would have to pay back for the time you did not earn in 2010 yet.
Basically doing away with the fact that you worked all of 2009 to earn those 4 weeks for 2010. any word? hopefully i explained where it can be understood.

When will this new policy be explained company wide? That is a drastic change from current policy.

Hmmmm, it reminds me of the sucky policy that was at a previous employer. I essentially had to work for free to pay back vacation time I had already used. I was told and did not verify that one person filed a complaint with either a state or federal agency and had his payback overturned. It was based on requiring somebody to work with out pay. Lawyers anyone?

Form 8-K for SAIA INC

25-Aug-2009

Other Events

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 24, 2009, Saia, Inc. announced, effective August 30, 2009, the Company is terminating its current vacation policy. The Company is implementing a new policy effective January 1, 2010 under which employees will accrue vacation time proportionally throughout the year, which can then be used in the same year it is accrued. The Company expects the change in vacation policy will result in a reduction of approximately $11 million in vacation expense in 2009 with $8 million of the reduction in the third quarter and the remainder in the fourth quarter. The Company's vacation expense will return to historical levels in 2010.
Summary of SAIA INC - Yahoo! Finance

I think you may need a lawyer to explain the new vacation policy.

I read it 3 times and I'm more confused now than before I started reading it.