[debidenn]

We have an employee who abuses the PTO bank by using the majority of it for unscheduled absences. It is a front desk position and we are a small company. When this employee is gone with very little (an hour or less)notice, the rest of the staff has to scramble to cover those duties and answer phones, direct calls etc in addition to their own work. It has been an issue for the last two years, and we have had documented conversations. Can I add an adendum to the PTO policy that becomes effective only to the employee who is found to be abusing the unscheduled absences? This addendum would limit the number of PTO days that can be used as unscheduled. Last year alone, this employee was gone 22 times unscheduled, the year before this employee was gone 19 times unscheduled, then the scheduled time is on top of that. It has a huge impact on our other staff and office morale. I would like to put a stop to the abuse and take away the big pool this employee has to draw from. In 16 years we have not had any other employee do this. I would hate to amend the PTO policy for all of them.

[Fr_Chuck]

No the policy has to be the same for all people of the same class, Management and non management.

If you are allowing people to take off work with a hours notice and be out 19 or 20 times, you have a serious employee issue.