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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m trying to figure out and equitable management of paid time off for my staff. The quirky part is pto is established as a number of days. All staff though have different numbers of hours that constitute their “days”. This is essentially
unequal in that one may be getting an 8 hour vacation day while another gets a 5 hour vacation day. Initially I was operating on the understanding that a week off would reimburse an employee for the pay they would normally get in a work week. I have had a
few issues of staff asking for an unpaid day off when they work a short shift to save their longer days for reimbursement. I understand their point of view but theoretically I could have an instance of staff taking an unlimited amount of time off if they requested
it without pay. This is problematic to me from a management standpoint because it either leaves us understaffed and consequently giving poor customer service or I have to fill in those hours and it might of necessity have to be filled by an employee with a
higher wage and that could potentially impact our budgeted costs for personnel. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate thoughts and recommendations. Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kate Scheid, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Holly Township Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1116 N. Saginaw<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Holly, MI 48442<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">248-634-1754<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">hollytownshiplibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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