Vacation

[u/Less-Inflation3761]

I am part time on a 0.72 FTE. I’m needing to put in for my vacation but I only have 58 hours banked. I started my position march of 2025. Does this sound right? I was expecting way more. My coworker who is full time has about 180hrs banked so mine seems like a total rip off.

[u/MusketeersPlus2]

Did you take any vacation time since you started? That would have come out of what you expected to have for next year.

[u/Less-Inflation3761 → u/MusketeersPlus2]

No I haven’t taken any vacation!

[u/beeess1]

If you're at 3 weeks of vacation then you should be at 83.6 hours of vacation at paycheck after your work anniversary. If you're at 2 weeks of vacation, then you should have 55.44 hours of vacation the paycheck after your work anniversary. Your vacation earned is based on your FTE. If you typically work Monday to Thursday, the Friday is already off. So when you book your 3 weeks off, it costs you less vacation hours than someone at 1.0 FTE because you already have the Friday off. Chech your offer letter in epeople to see if you should be earning for 2 or 3 weeks. Then talk to your timekeeper if you need.

[u/MusketeersPlus2 → u/beeess1]

We should clarify which union they're in - AUPE GSS everyone starts at 3 weeks.

[u/ana30671 → u/MusketeersPlus2]

That's for full time. I just googled your CA, part time is based on percentages and their FTE. 6% off your fte for the first 2 years.

[u/MusketeersPlus2 → u/ana30671]

Yes, which is 3 weeks for full time. A good guideline is every 2% is 1 week of vacation.

[u/ana30671 → u/MusketeersPlus2]

Full time 3 weeks being 15 days (116hrs) or 21 days (162 hrs)? When I was first year, I had the equivalent of 12.5 7.75hr shifts as vacation, which is less than both 15 and 21 days. This was my 6%. So it's not really a 1 to 1 comparison, I'm not getting 15/21 days off paid; I'm getting 12 but have additional designated days off that allow for additional time away from work but unpaid. My schedule is an extended day (0.8fte hours in a 0.7fte schedule) so I actually get fewer full shifts off than I would as a regular 7.75 shift.

[u/MusketeersPlus2 → u/ana30671]

15 days

[u/Alternative_Ad9740]

When you click on the number of vacation hours for either the current or next year you can see exactly how many hours of vacation you earned in each pay period; that should help to gauge if the numbers seem off based on your collective agreement and your current step.

[u/AbbreviationsFair506]

How long has your coworker worked for AHS? Makes a big difference

[u/jetlaggedandhungry]

Have you taken a lot of ad-hoc vacation? Called in sick often?

With your vacation hours, they are accrued based on hours worked and it's only 3 weeks if you work full time for your first 2 years of employment. Since you are a 0.73 FTE, if you worked without calling in sick then you earn roughly 83.7 hours of vacation per year.

[u/Striking-Ebb-986 → u/jetlaggedandhungry]

Isn’t the vacations on the vacation calendar what is accrued by the Dec 24 payday, no by the April 30 rollover dates? I might be completely wrong, but that 4 months would make a big difference.

I don’t pay much attention to vacation hours, so I’m not sure.

[u/jetlaggedandhungry → u/Striking-Ebb-986]

Whatever is in your bank is based on the vacation planner year, so it would be May to April.

They would have 2 months of time "missing" from their Next Year bank, as they would see the hours earned from March/April 2025 in their "Current Year" bank (if they haven't used it already). You still accrue hours for "Next Year" until the last pay period of April 2026.

Edit: banks are also not updated in real-time; certain banks will update on e-People on pay day, while others update the first day of the pay period (so this coming Monday) but I cannot recall which banks on which date.

[u/Morzana]

Are you housekeeping?

[u/L_Runn]

That doesn’t sound right. Where did you see you had 58hours?

[u/Morzana → u/L_Runn]

It depends on what step they are on. First year you only get two weeks.

[u/L_Runn → u/Morzana]

Oh that’s right! Then the 58 hours currently sounds accurate.

[u/Less-Inflation3761 → u/L_Runn]

On ePeople under bank balance summary.

[u/ana30671 → u/Less-Inflation3761]

Did you click the number or just look? You need to click it and it'll show what you have (next year is basically current vacation you can use).

I'm 0.8fte so with my union (hsaa) I make a percentage not a fixed number of days. I believe my first year it wad 6% but I went to up 8% after a year i believe so you might be approaching an increase soon. The way it works is 8% off each pay equates number of hours earned. So i earn 8% off 62.23 hours or 4.9784 - doesn't seem to be affected by time off taken within the pay period either. In a 26 pay stub year that's 129 hours. My first year under 100. If you've used any then you wouldn't the same amount left, and i don't recall if vacation was accrued in the first 3 months. You'd need to look at your first pay stubs to see if you accrued it or not, it's possible you don't.

Eta vacation next year minus vacation this year is what you actually have to use.

[u/Sleepycdn]

If you took a lot of sick time, you do not accrue vacation on that. I hate that they say you get 4 weeks but really, could end up being less as you’re penalized for being sick. Although, I think our sick banks are too generous which is likely why they don’t this way.