Vacation Accrual Policy with seasonal fluctuations

phammond

I'm hoping to find a couple of forumites out there with fairly drastic seasonal fluctuations. Our company will go into a significant layoff (temporary) the first of the year until March or April and then again for September and October, something we just started experiencing this past year. Couple of questions. First, how do you handle benefits for those on layoff and, second, how does your vacation policy work? Do you base your vacation accrual on hours worked or days worked? Thanks for your anticipated input!

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Nevada HR

We accrue .0625 hours of leave for every regularly scheduled hour on paid statuts (local gov't).

Cheryl S SPHR

We don't experience the seasonal fluctuations you described, but I think accruing on paid hours is a good way to handle it. In other words, any unpaid time off does not count for purposes of accruing leave.