Tykimeister
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kansas
There has been a change in policy in my department for paying out leave benefits.
Old Way of Sick Leave Benefits:
-Work on 4 days, 8 hour shifts, 32 hours for the week. Used a sick day due to illness on the 5th day, 8 hours sick leave benefits. Total hours for the week 40.
-If you are assigned to work mandatory overtime (say 4 hours), you would be paid 36 hours for regular pay plus still get paid for 8 hours of paid sick leave. Your weekly total would then be 44 hours paid.
-No overtime would be paid, due to not physically being at work for more than 40 hours, but there never was a loss in sick leave benefits.
New Way of Sick Leave Benefits:
-Work on 4 days, 8 hour shifts, 32 hours for the week. Call in sick due to illness on the 5th day, 8 hours sick leave benefits. Total hours for the week 40.
-If you are assigned to work mandatory overtime (say 4 hours), you would be paid 36 hours of regular pay then lose your sick leave benefits. Only receiving 4 hours of sick leave benefits and the other 4 hours would turn in to hours without pay.
I know that the FLSA does not protect employees in regard to the benefits I'm talking about. But how can my employer give one employee 8 hours of sick leave benefits, for missing a day of work. But then give less sick leave benefits to another employee who used a sick day just like the previous person? It feels discriminating, to give less benefits to someone just because they were mandated to work mandatory overtime.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
There has been a change in policy in my department for paying out leave benefits.
Old Way of Sick Leave Benefits:
-Work on 4 days, 8 hour shifts, 32 hours for the week. Used a sick day due to illness on the 5th day, 8 hours sick leave benefits. Total hours for the week 40.
-If you are assigned to work mandatory overtime (say 4 hours), you would be paid 36 hours for regular pay plus still get paid for 8 hours of paid sick leave. Your weekly total would then be 44 hours paid.
-No overtime would be paid, due to not physically being at work for more than 40 hours, but there never was a loss in sick leave benefits.
New Way of Sick Leave Benefits:
-Work on 4 days, 8 hour shifts, 32 hours for the week. Call in sick due to illness on the 5th day, 8 hours sick leave benefits. Total hours for the week 40.
-If you are assigned to work mandatory overtime (say 4 hours), you would be paid 36 hours of regular pay then lose your sick leave benefits. Only receiving 4 hours of sick leave benefits and the other 4 hours would turn in to hours without pay.
I know that the FLSA does not protect employees in regard to the benefits I'm talking about. But how can my employer give one employee 8 hours of sick leave benefits, for missing a day of work. But then give less sick leave benefits to another employee who used a sick day just like the previous person? It feels discriminating, to give less benefits to someone just because they were mandated to work mandatory overtime.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,