Suspension

kaylaS627

How long can you keep an employee on suspension? Is there a certain law that states a determined amount of time?

Hunter1

None that I'm aware of, but if you go past 30 to 60 days, the offense probably justifies termination.

ray a

In industry, it seems to be 3 to 5 days normally. But, in the public sector you hear of paid an unpaid administrative leaves for much greater lengths of time.

skyrocket

Assuming you are in California and the employee is not union, there is no law that addresses amount of suspension time. You will want to consider, however, the effect on Benefits (i.e. COBRA due to loss of coverage or reduction of work hours). A suspension is usually meant as a period of "reflection" on whether or not the person really wants his/her job. A lengthy suspension doesn't really motivate that "reflection"...And if it is a PAID suspension (don't know if you said it was or wasnt) it becomes a vacation...

Margaret Morford

If they are an exempt employee, you have to suspend them for a minimum 5 days unless it is for a major safety violation or you'll forfeit their exempt status.

Margaret Morford
theHRedge
615-371-8200
[email]mmorford@mleesmith.com[/email]
[url]http://www.thehredge.net[/url]

skyrocket

Margaret:
I assume you use five days if the suspension is meant to be unpaid?