Any HR professionals in the house?

[Slappie 9]

I've got a situation I'm not very happy with. It's over 8 hours of pay. Let me setup the situation.

Monday Houston was experiencing a storm that caused flooding on major thoroughfares. Making it tough to get around. At 6:45am I called my supervisor, he informed me to "stay home, it's flooded here at the plant and you shouldn't try to make it in." So basically I've been told to stay home. (Cool!!) ...

Well.. we (those of us who were told to stay home) get to work yesterday and are informed "Monday wasn't an weather day" so we've got to use a sick day or a vacation day to make up for lost pay. I'm irate because I was going to try and make it into work. If I had known, I would have tried to get to the office once the storms died down.

This was not my supervisors decision, it was made by his boss. Yet not by HR of the company. Supposedly Monday wasn't considered an "in-climate weather day" but only a hand full made it in, and they only did it because they didn't call first.

Now those who came in at "late" basically after their 8am start time are being credited for 8 hours with no use of sick or vacation time. So if I had showed up to work at noon (some did) I wouldn't be using any of my personal time off. I'd get credit for 8 hours.

*edit* for spelling..

So really is this right? I know it's not fair, but can they (the bosses) get away with this crap?

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[popsjumper 2]

Talk to your boss about paid Comp Time.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Slappie 9]

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Talk to your boss about paid Comp Time.

No such thing as comp time around here. it's black or white, you're here or you're not. You're either working or you're sick or on vacation. If you've not got any time off left. You don't get paid and if you use more then a few unpaid days you are taking your job into dangerous territory.

I just raised a complaint with my immediate boss and he told me not to go there or I might be on the outside looking in.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[Slappie 9]

Disregard this post.. since I got no relative information from you peeps. I dared one of my co-workers to complain to HR. Just as she was about to write her email. An email came down from the mountain and proclaimed Monday as a "weather day"! All of us peons rejoiced that no one needs to sacrifice themselves for our honor & pay.

. . .there was overtime pay to be had by all.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."