PTO Adjustments

Hello Everyone,

The work you do is essential during this critical time, and we so appreciate all you are doing to keep our participants safe and healthy. Together, we have been very creative about meeting their needs during a period in which we have had to close all our day programs, and find new ways to support our participants. As a result, many of us have been adjusting to new work locations and schedules over the past couple weeks. We appreciate your flexibility and willingness to adapt to the situation.   

With all the changes in schedules and work locations, a small number of our staff were not able to work all of their usual hours over the past two-week pay period. In order to do all we can to support you and your families, we are making some adjustments so that all staff receive their full amount of wages for the pay period ending March 28. So regardless of your work schedule and PTO benefit balance during this pay period, we will advance PTO as needed to help you during this transition period.

To generate your April 3 check:

1.   We will first count any hours you actually worked.

2.  If you didn’t work your full schedule, we will use your accrued PTO hours to bring your check up to what you would have earned had you worked your regular schedule.

3.   If your accrued PTO is insufficient to cover your check, we will access a temporary PTO bank to bring your check up to its typical level.  This bank will allow you to run a temporary negative PTO balance.  You will “pay back” the negative PTO balance with future PTO hours you accrue.

 We hope this will provide an extra sense of security and stability for you and your families. 

Please contact our HR Coordinator Jamie Manson at jmanson@beingcreativeworks.org or our Payroll Specialist, Deb Faunce, at dfaunce@beingcreativeworks.org with any questions.  

Stay well,

Stephen