Years of Service Calculation

njjel

HR puts out a monthly years of service report to all staff. Presently the years of service indicated on the report are for their current stint with the company (some ee's have been here and left and then returned). The board wants HR to include ALL years on the report as one total for each individual that left and returned. Some ee's left and came back 3-5 years later. I'm wondering how my forum colleagues handle this.

ray a

If they were gone for less than one year, we add the number of days they were gone to their original hire date and that new date is used to determine length of service. For example, a person who was hired on Jan. 1st leaves our employ mid summer and returns after being gone for 30 days will have a new hire date of Jan. 31st.

njjel

And what do you use if they are gone over a year?

ray a

They are treated as new hires. Previous employment doesn't count.

Sunny

1. Measure elapsed time in years, weeks and days between original hire date (or last bridged seniority date) and the date of separation. This is total service.

2. Measure elapsed time in years, weeks and dates between date of separation and rehire date. This is total absence.

3. Compare the lengths of time measured in 1 and 2. If total absence is less than total service advance the original hire date by the number of years/weeks/days in the total absence. This is the bridged seniority date.

4. If the total absence is greater than the length of total service there is no bridging and the employee's rehire date becomes his/her original hire date for seniority purposes.

Hunter1

We only give credit for continuous service, but do grant service for part-time employment as long as it's continuous. Sometimes, though, it does pain me. My assistant worked for me for seven years, then left for a year and came back. She now has worked for another 14 years, and only gets credit for the 14.

Rockie

When we have an employee who leaves and then returns, they start over as a new employee.