With a 4 day work week, It sounds ‘especially reasonable’ to ask them to work on a ‘Friday’ with short notice. (written in the work contract) Then an occasional Saturday is understandable, in which case you would have seen that coming and already given a few days advance notice that it may be necessary. If you need them to work on a Sunday, you screwed up and need to apologize to your client. (network breakdowns are an exception.)
From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 12:15 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT The notice is the thing. We work 4 x 10 hour days but if we are behind it is common to ask them to come in on Friday. So we are not really giving them much notice at all. From: Joshua Samuels Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 10:13 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT I'd give extra bonuses to the ones that actually showed up as required. Reiterate that mandatory OT is required per job hiring/employee handbook. Make everyone sign a note/policy moving forward. Also make sure you give them sufficient notice if possible in the future moving forward so they have no excuse...at least 48 - 36 hours. On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 12:06 PM <[email protected]> wrote: I think we will put this verbiage in the employee handbook. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 9:43 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT Maybe a company-wide e-mail reaffirming that you occasionally have OT to meet production demands? Full staff is expected on those days to meet deadlines, but that you understand that there may be prior obligations that can't be mitigated on a short notice. Accurately stating that you can't come in due to prior obligations is highly appreciated. Continual inability to meet emergency OT requirements may result in disciplinary action. Abuse of the prior obligation caveat may result in disciplinary action. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange<http://www.midwest-ix.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP<http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ________________________________ From: [email protected] To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 10:37:00 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT Not sure. As tight as the job market is I would be reluctant to let them go. But normally I would let them go. Service industries have mandatory OT at times. It was made known to them at the time of hire. If they were told the day before that the next day is OT, that is the time for them to say they have something planned. But faking sick (if indeed they are faking) is not going to work for me. Just not sure what the proper response should be so for now I am just grumbling to you guys. From: Carl Peterson Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 9:30 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT What if rather then calling in sick they just told you no? Would you prefer that? On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:26 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: Some people have a second job or classes. Or a tightly choreographed schedule around a working spouse and childcare. Occasionally it’s a religious issue about working certain days. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Mandatory OT We had a situation where we needed everyone to show up on an off day to push through a project. Mandatory OT. Half the crew called in sick. These young folks want more money, here I am offering them 10 hours of time and a half, and they would rather try to convince me they are on death’s door? Not sure where to draw the line. If they are truly sick, OK fine, sorry, hope you feel better soon. Grumble -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ________________________________ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ________________________________ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ________________________________ -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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