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What should companies do with salaried employees, if shutting down?

Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:33 am
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:33 am
Say your company shuts down for 2 weeks.
What should they do for salaried employees?

1. Pay them anyway, no vacation hours required to be used

2. Pay them only for whatever vacation hours elected to use

3. No work, no pay at all.

4. Other?
Posted by PrivatePublic
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:33 am to
Bend over and kiss their asses goodbye.
Posted by gjackx
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:34 am to
Depends on if they can still do any work from home...but I think 1 is a fine choice.
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:34 am to
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Posted by jamboybarry
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:35 am to
Depends wildly on the industry but 2 is most feasible
Posted by Ed Osteen
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Posted by sjmabry
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:35 am to
I will work from home.
Posted by ellishughtiger
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:36 am to
Hows this going to affect plant workers?
Posted by lionward2014
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:36 am to
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3. No work, no pay at all.



If it is government mandated and an employer picks this option, I have a feeling labor and employment lawyers are about to eat.
Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:36 am to
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1. Pay them anyway, no vacation hours required to be used
Posted by Ross
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:37 am to
Extended Work Leave is an option my company is exploring

The idea is that you pay the employees during leave and expect the hours to be made up in the future in the form of OT and give an extremely long period in which to make this up (a few years even). This is what my company had said they will do.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 11:47 am
Posted by The Pirate King
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:37 am to
If you screw your employees on this, they won’t be your employees for long.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:37 am to
quote:

Hows this going to affect plant workers?


You gonna have to drag up and head to da camp baw
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:39 am to
pay them
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:39 am to
As a salaried employee, they are supposed pay you regardless. If they want me use/burn vacation, then they should lay me off so that I can get unemployment. Either way I'm going to find another job..
Posted by Milesahead
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
572 posts
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:39 am to
You act like every company is sitting on nounds of cash. Most businesses would likely end up going tits up if they tried to pay everyone for 2 or more weeks with zero production
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:40 am to
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If you screw your employees on this, they won’t be your employees for long.


That's what was said when pensions started getting whacked decades ago. Didn't matter, most all companies did it to save on labor costs. I expect most companies will end up doing something similar to what other companies will do, just not sure what that'll be yet
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:40 am to
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Pay them and expect the hours to be made up in the future in the form of OT and give an extremely long period in which to make this up (a few years even). This is what my company had said they will do.




They planning on paying time and a half for the made up time?
Posted by TexasTiger90
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Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:40 am to
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Hows this going to affect plant workers?

I would imagine that most are considered "essential personnel", so they may take extra precautions for when they head into sites.
Posted by xxTIMMYxx
Member since Aug 2019
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:41 am to
Work from home.
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