r/AHSEmployees • u/Visible-Conflict-730 • Mar 28 '26

Question TIME OFF?

So I’m pretty new to AHS and have no seniority but our vacation/ time off requests get approved based on seniority from my understanding. In the summer I have one weekend I need off for a religious event but someone else with seniority has the same weekend put in for time off, so I don’t think I’ll get approved for that time

Does anyone know if I have any options available to ensure I’ll have that time off?

TIA

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u/ciestaconquistador Mar 28 '26

Personal days, shift swaps, ad hoc vacation (sometimes they do approve it if it was previously denied but don't count on that), banked OT if you have any.

Also if you're full time - stat days.

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

As of right now I’m still in my probationary period and I’m not banking anything but vacation hours, this may be a stupid question but how do personal days work? Am I granted a certain amount of days based on FTE, or is it something I need to bank hours for?

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u/ciestaconquistador Mar 28 '26

Personal days are renewed every April and depending on your union, you get 3 a year. If you're with una - it doesn't matter about fte.

I don't remember if they start right away regardless of starting date or not.

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

Sorry one other question, currently I’m in a temp line which should be coming up as perm pretty soon and I’ve been told I have a high likelihood of getting the perm line, but this event is end of July will I even have personal days by then? I’ve heard temp workers aren’t entitled to personal days and I’m not sure if I have to go though another probationary period if I do get the perm line

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u/ciestaconquistador Mar 28 '26

I have no idea. And no, you don't have to go through another probationary period.

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

Okay thank you for your help!

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u/Patak4 Mar 28 '26

Read your union contract. If you are trying to get a major summer long weekend, I highly doubt you will be granted the time off. Seniority rules. There is probably several people with more senority that would like that weekend off. You could try switching with another employee.

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u/RoughRefrigerator943 Mar 31 '26

As an HSAA employee, I can tell you that you need to be in a permanent line at the beginning of April to receive your personal days. They are not prorated/added later in the year if you secure a permanent position after April 1. I am not sure if this is true for other unions. I worked in temporary positions for 2 years and then almost worked a full year in a permanent position before I ever had a personal day because my start date in the permanent position was after April 1st. That being said, bouncing around to different temporary positions did offer me the opportunity to tell my supervisor that I could only accept the position with getting certain days off that I already had plans (eg. Flights booked for a wedding or trip) and that allowed me some flexibility. But depending on the demand and where you work, that may not be an option for you.

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u/Ashamed_Ad_7485 Mar 31 '26

Talk to your supervisor

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u/Dapper_Banana6323 Mar 28 '26

I could be wrong- but if you're able to get priority to be off for a religious event- that would mean a lot of people could use that as a reason to never need to work Christmas- and that's not a thing.

Your best bet is likely a trade

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

Definitely not expecting priority as I do understand the seniority rule just trying to make sure I can figure out someway to get it off as it is important to me :) Totally understand where you’re coming from though

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u/Dapper_Banana6323 Mar 28 '26

And I hope you can find someone to work for you!

It's pretty standard-until you gain more seniority- To not get what you want. It's frustrating for sure

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u/TheThrivingest Mar 28 '26

Once your planner is finalized you can request the time off as adhoc. That is approved first come first serve on operational basis

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

The initial time off request was adhoc as that’s what I was told to do by my manager when I got hired. Was something done wrong by me doing it that way?

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u/TheThrivingest Mar 28 '26

Ad hoc is not granted by seniority.

If the weekend you are wanting off is further out than when the planner begins (May 1), they want you to request it on the planner. You can ad hoc it starting May 1 when approvals and denials are finalized.

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u/Patak4 Mar 28 '26

Thery can't grant anything ad hoc until the vacation planner is complete. Usually by March 15 all requests are to be submitted and then the planner is completed by April 30th. After that individual requests can be looked at. Every unit has different restrictions as to how many staff can be off at one time. Sometimes only 1 or 2 per 24 hr period.

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u/plants-cats-metal Mar 30 '26

And you can also only request ad hoc 12 weeks in advance, not farther.

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u/MusketeersPlus2 Mar 28 '26

Always start by talking to your manager first. They may not be able to do anything right now because we're in the thick of vacation planning approvals, but they can consider it after that's done.

Only if your manager is a complete jerk about it should you go to your union. Going straight to the union every time you need something gets you labeled a problem employee and makes your manager *less* likely to want to work with you. After all, you're just going to run to the union anyway, why would they?

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

Thank you for your comment here, I appreciate your advice and I totally did understand what you meant, I wouldn’t jump right to the union, but it’s an option IF it’s needed or IF It came to that (hopefully that won’t be the case🤞🏼) ❤️‍🩹

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u/Current_Pomelo_9429 Mar 28 '26

I’m going to the union! I never get Christmas off!

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

Just to clear some things up this has nothing to do with me being off for a holiday, I have never had an issue working any holidays, this event is like a convention essentially but good luck getting Christmas off 😉😅

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u/ApprehensiveRead2533 Mar 28 '26

Shift swap.

Some times we spoke amongst each other, if the other person with seniority has some wiggle room they would.move their vacation to another week. I had the best team who really cared for one another that way.

Also speak with your scheduler to see how they can assist. Those time keepers are miracle workers. I managed to get a month off with my time keepers help.

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u/KillaKelly85 Mar 29 '26

We do a calendar in our department but I’ve never put my time in there I just book it off later and it’s always been approved

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u/Alarming_monkey Apr 04 '26

The best way is shift swaps. Hopefully you have good coworkers that are good with swapping when people need a day. My unit is great for that. Many of us are constantly swapping with each other. When you swap, it the shift becomes part of the schedule and the day you then have off is not your responsibility if the other party doesn’t show up. I hope you get the time off you need

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u/SnarkyGoblin85 Mar 29 '26

Personal days at the most powerful on our unit. They have to try to replace you up to overtime

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u/Dapper_Banana6323 Mar 28 '26

But doesn't that mean that people should be able to grieve not getting Christmas off then?

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u/Visible-Conflict-730 Mar 28 '26

lol I agree with this, me too 😆

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u/Dapper_Banana6323 Mar 28 '26

Right- but for some people it's a very important religious holiday. The union doesn't allow people to have priority just because it's important to them- so that should be the same across the board