N E 1 know formula USIC uses for accrued PTO vs. PTO avail

**HPMadness** · July 7th, 2011, 12:38 PM

Suprise, suprise! USIC office staff and management will not tell me what formula is used to determine accrued PTO vs PTO available that is stated on my pay stub. I am needing to know this, as I am on leave and was told I only have 1/3 of PTO accrued that I can use compared to what my pay stub states!
Anybody know?

**locator00566** · July 7th, 2011, 02:04 PM

Just another "dumb policy" thought up by the all mighty USIC

**6feetunder** · July 7th, 2011, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by HPMadness

Suprise, suprise! USIC office staff and management will not tell me what formula is used to determine accrued PTO vs PTO available that is stated on my pay stub. I am needing to know this, as I am on leave and was told I only have 1/3 of PTO accrued that I can use compared to what my pay stub states!
Anybody know?

You can use some simple math to get a good idea of what you have by dividing you yearly PTO balance by 52 weeks in the year and you will know how much you accruae per week. Do some multiplication from there to determine year to date how much you have accrued minus what you may have already used year to date.

**orangeboots** · July 7th, 2011, 08:23 PM

check the employee handbook ours tells exactly how much we earn per hr

**Paint'n & Flag'n** · July 7th, 2011, 08:41 PM

As 6feet stated...do the math. Be much easier and less headache.

USIC handbook doesnt break it down, just gives total for years worked.

144hrs would be about .0493 hours per day (hpd).

144hrs/8hrs=18 days

.0493hpd * 365 days=18 days

**HPMadness** · July 7th, 2011, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by locator00566

Just another "dumb policy" thought up by the all mighty USIC

I might have to add this one to the list!

**HPMadness** · July 7th, 2011, 09:44 PM

Thanks a lot 6feet! IT sucks that they have none of this info in the handbook, and the office wil not say anything about it!

**6feetunder** · July 8th, 2011, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by HPMadness

Thanks a lot 6feet! IT sucks that they have none of this info in the handbook, and the office wil not say anything about it!

NP, another to keep in mind is that actual accrual should only matter if on RIF or going on some type of leave other than vacation. Other than that you should be able to use any available time regardless of actual accrual. The reason they give it to you in advance is for exactly that reason. Say you have a vacation planned in February that is a week long you wouldn't have actually accrued enough time by that point to go on a week vacation but it's available for you to use regardless of whther you have actually accrued it or not. Don't know if that applies to your situation or not though and anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but that's the way I understand it.

**HPMadness** · July 9th, 2011, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by 6feetunder

NP, another to keep in mind is that actual accrual should only matter if on RIF or going on some type of leave other than vacation. Other than that you should be able to use any available time regardless of actual accrual. The reason they give it to you in advance is for exactly that reason. Say you have a vacation planned in February that is a week long you wouldn't have actually accrued enough time by that point to go on a week vacation but it's available for you to use regardless of whther you have actually accrued it or not. Don't know if that applies to your situation or not though and anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but that's the way I understand it.

Unfortunately I am on a 30 day leave because I am just under my 12 months for FMLA, due to work injury, of which work comp denied coverage after 7 days of covering.