Re: Fw: Important Announcement - Employment Status (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Guess you'll have to work 38 hours per week to accure PTO.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:28:24 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > fulltime status
 > 
 >  > From: "Noelle" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/Noelleg>
 >  > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:56:17 +0000
 >  > 
 >  >  DoNotReplyCorporateCommunications
 >  >  Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 10:53 AM
 >  >  Subject: Important Announcement - Employment Status  
 >  > 
 >  >  Dear hermagine solutions Team:
 >  > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  >  Our clients rely upon us to perform on their behalf.  This means being 
 >  >  available for work as needs arise.  Forty (40) hours per week has been and 
 >  >  continues to be the long-standing definition of regular full-time.  It 
 >  >  remains the basis for determining regular and overtime hours, as well as 
 >  >  calculating annual salaries for exempt employees.  While hermagine 
 >  >  classifies regular full-time as 40 hours per week (as defined within the 
 >  >  Employee Handbook), historically we also recognized a modified full-time 
 >  >  employment classification; particularly as it relates to certain benefits.  
 >  >   To better align our work hours per week with client and business needs, 
 >  >  effective January 1, 2018 and going forward, the definition of full-time as 
 >  >  relates to certain benefits is defined below:
 >  >     *  Employees who continue to work on average 40 hours per week and 
 >  >     classified as regular full-time remain eligible for all hermagine health 
 >  >     and welfare benefits, including Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits.
 >  >     *  Employees who work on average 38 or more hours per week are 
 >  >     classified as regular, modified full-time and eligible for hermagine 
 >  >     health and welfare benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) accrued based upon 
 >  >     years of service and actual hours worked, as well as bereavement leave 
 >  >     and professional development.  This represents a change from the 
 >  >     previous classification of 36 or more hours per week.
 >  >     *  Employees who work on average 30 or more hours per week are 
 >  >     classified as regular, benefits eligible and remain eligible for health 
 >  >     and welfare benefits only.  This complies with the Affordable Care Act.