Anyone else notice the hard change on the PTO system? It used to accrue at the beginning of the year and now with the implementation of workday they have updated policy to enforce a monthly accrual system. Every month you will receive 1/12 of your total PTO hours. Really frustrating that this wasn't communicated ahead of time.
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it's not a change; PTO was always accrued over the year; in fact if you go into workday it tells you to pick the end of december 2022 for the date and you'll see your full PTO allowances for the year included. reading is your friend.
If you have three days accrued and you take a week they will likely let it slide if your manager is nice. I would think if you take two weeks and you have accrued 3 days they are going to look at the situation and determine if the person is good for it.
Now if you think you are “at risk” you could ask for 2 weeks and if it is not approved then they have it in mind that you may not be there to pay for it. Could they reduce your last paycheck if you are laid off sure. But lets hope in that instance they don’t want to. So in the situation above your manager may know you are at risk and not approve because they don’t want you to have to pay it back knowing you are on a “List” :o)
What does bank balance have to do with PTO? Horrible analogy.
There is literally no change to how you accrue and are able to use PTO. You always used to accrue PTO monthly and were always able to use more than you accrued, so long as you don’t go over your annual total. The only difference is that Workday more clearly shows what has been accrued.
So your bank balance shows $100 as of today, but you can withdraw $1000 because "they talked about it"? Nice.
PTO hasn’t changed and yes you can use PTO that you haven’t accrued yet. The only difference is that you see accrual in real time. They talked about this a lot in the Workday education sessions.
“ If you select the date 12/31/22 you will see all your PTO.”
Of course, all PTO days are available if you select the entire year. This does not imply that you can take PTO that has not accrued yet.
You have to change the calendar date to see full PTO time .
If you look to the left of where it’s listed it says from 1/3/22 -1/31/22 that’s why it looks like that .
If you select the date 12/31/22 you will see all your PTO.
You can still use your PTO has you have been .
and regarding sicktime, while certain states and localities mandate it, wf just takes it away from your PTO. in CA for instance, you get 24 hours per year, but they subtract it from your normal pto bucket so you still end up with the same amount of PTO, it's just a different line item and can only be requested the week of. whatever is left at end of year gets rolled into next year's pto as accrued.
We have received specific sick time in Mpls for at least a couple of years. This is not in addition to any PTO that you have, it is just “protected time” that you can take if you are I’ll. So a couple years ago, I used 5 days of PTO but also indicated that it was Mpls sick time. This is a local law here so that employees of any Mpls company doesn’t lose their job because they need to take time off for illness
Cary over 40?
He-l, I carried over more than 100 because California > *.
California accrual, baybee! I have more than 200 hours in the bank. It also means that I've should've taken more days off (or at least reported them. ;-) )
The sick time has always been there. Just not as prominent in TimeTracker
My PTO isn't restricted to what's available/earned. I try to carry over 40 but honestly... it's never been a problem in 20 years.
What I find interesting is that Minneapolis employees are accruing sick time since like last September. WTF! We don't get sick time - WTH is that all about?
Just stop it people. It was easier the way it was before.
It is a good change because you couldn't see a completely up-to-the-date accrued balance previously without contacting HR.
this is why I always keep 40 hours from the year before
See other thread
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1eCAelzq
Technically it's up to your manager/business policies on whether you can schedule against your future accrual. Hopefully you've got a manager that likes you.
There are instructions within the system to changed the date to 12/31/22 to see your full balance.
You should still be able to borrow against your future PTO. It's always accrued monthly, but now it's more clear.
If you use more PTO than has been accrued and then quit with a negative PTO balance, you will owe WF back the pay for the extra time you took, which has always been the case. Now it's just more obvious.