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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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 Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: When is a paid sick day not a paid sick day? |
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Hello all
My apologies if this thread has been done before. If it has, maybe someone would redirect me.
I've found out my university does not actually have paid sick days, although the contract says it does. We are paid a flat salary for 18 hours a week, and then overtime for each additional hour, usually six.
If an instructor calls in sick, the administration deducts the hours they didn't work from overtime. For example, if someone misses a six-class day, the administration calculates that s/he worked 12 hours that week, and no overtime is paid. Apparently the same thing is done on statuatory holidays, which are, in effect, not paid.
Am I caught in this nice little loophole, or can anyone suggest recourse to this? Or do people think that I'm being unreasonable? When we've raised it with management, they refuse to acknowledge the problem.
Ken:> |
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alabamaman
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:50 am Post subject: Re: When is a paid sick day not a paid sick day? |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
Hello all
My apologies if this thread has been done before. If it has, maybe someone would redirect me.
I've found out my university does not actually have paid sick days, although the contract says it does. We are paid a flat salary for 18 hours a week, and then overtime for each additional hour, usually six.
If an instructor calls in sick, the administration deducts the hours they didn't work from overtime. For example, if someone misses a six-class day, the administration calculates that s/he worked 12 hours that week, and no overtime is paid. Apparently the same thing is done on statuatory holidays, which are, in effect, not paid.
Am I caught in this nice little loophole, or can anyone suggest recourse to this? Or do people think that I'm being unreasonable? When we've raised it with management, they refuse to acknowledge the problem.
Ken:> |
Have they posted the rules of employment? |
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