FBC Newton Employee Handbook (2)

be carried over as total PTO accrual from a previous year or be earned over time in the current year. You are never allowed more than 4 FLEX-Days per calendar year. Example 1: You were hired December 18, 2023. On January 2, 2024, you call in and say that you are using a FLEX Day and are not coming in to work today. When you return to work on January 3, you will receive up to 3 points, 2 points for the absence and a potential point depending on whether or not you called in within the proper timeframe. But, I thought I had FLEX-Days? If you are a new employee, you accrue 1.846153 hours of PTO per week, meaning it will take you 5 weeks to accrue 8 hours of PTO. Plus, you are not allowed to use FLEX until you have been employed for 90 days. Example 2: It is March and you have already used your allowed FLEX-Day. You wake up feeling very sick. You call in to report that you are sick and won’t be in. Here’s what happens: ● You will be charged any accrued PTO for the absence; and ● If you call in per the appropriate call-in procedures, you will receive 2 points for the absence. ● If you did NOT call in per the appropriate call -in procedures, you will receive 3 Points: 1 point for failing to call in properly and 2 points for the absence. But, I thought I had FLEX-Days? You had 1 FLEX-Day for your use for the 1 st quarter of the year. You used it by March and did not have it when you needed it. Example 3: You have 8 hours of PTO accrual remaining. You decide that you want pre-scheduled a day off and it is approved and you take the time. The next week, you wake up with a stomach virus and can’t come to work saying that you want to use a FLEX-Day. You don’t have it. You are then subject to the attendance policy and could receive up to 3 points. But, I thought I had FLEX-Days? Your Flex-Days are a carve out of your total PTO accrual. You used your total PTO accrual as soon as you got it, leaving you no bank to use as a FLEX-Day. Your total PTO availability changes every week and you are responsible for knowing what PTO you have available. Please see your Site Manager or Dept. Manager to receive your total accrued (available) PTO. Hours are made available to you and it is up to you to manage them. Points can and will be assigned if you exhaust your available PTO and then need it for unforeseen circumstances. RECAP  If you do not properly manage your PTO, you may find yourself without any PTO for Prescheduled absences. Once your accrual is either exhausted or reduced to where there is not enough to cover your absence, you are subject to the attendance policy for any absences, even if they were scheduled in advance.  All of your PTO is one accrual. We are carving 4 days out of your annual accrual that you may elect to use as unscheduled FLEX-Days. THESE DAYS ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SET ASIDE FOR YOUR USE. Available FLEX Days are either carried over as total PTO accrual from the previous year or accrued as total PTO over the course of the current year.

2024 Employee Handbook – B. Turner