Had a quick question and not sure if this is across the board for all Kroger's stores or if I might just have to ask someone in HR about it. But does anybody know what is the total amount of requested days off a part-time employee can ask for? I ask, cause the week of Thanksgiving this year my dad would like us and some other family members to take a road trip out of state to North Carolina(visit with one of my brothers and his family/handle some property biz down there too) and then onto Florida). To which my dad roughly estimates it would take us a week of driving more or less(we're in Ohio) and even with switching off drivers(rest stops, hotel stays, etc.)
To add some additional information to things, I will have been working for Kroger's a year in Aug. as well which means I'll be able to get a week of vacation. Which you would think would be perfect as that is well before November right? Wrong, as I just read(and if I'm understanding it correctly from my contract), that you have to get any scheduled vacations in no later than Feb. 15th and even mention them sometime in Jan. But obviously I can't do that, since I don't even have my time in yet to qualify for that week til summer rolls around.
So does anybody know by chance the max or total number of days I could request off, like say if I did ask to take the whole week off would there be even a remote/slim chance they would be agreeable to that or no?
since it's a holiday week they can deny ANY request for time off. thanksgiving is the busiest week of the year. they can and will fire people as well for not showing up.
To add some additional information to things, I will have been working for Kroger's a year in Aug. as well which means I'll be able to get a week of vacation. Which you would think would be perfect as that is well before November right? Wrong, as I just read(and if I'm understanding it correctly from my contract), that you have to get any scheduled vacations in no later than Feb. 15th and even mention them sometime in Jan. But obviously I can't do that, since I don't even have my time in yet to qualify for that week til summer rolls around.
So does anybody know by chance the max or total number of days I could request off, like say if I did ask to take the whole week off would there be even a remote/slim chance they would be agreeable to that or no?
You have to have your vacation requests in by February 15th or whenever the cutoff date is, not the actual vacation. The requests are for the entire year. At my store, the payroll person makes out a vacation calendar for each department usually around the end of January. They probably do it at your store too since all vacations have to be approved by management. Just mark the week you want off. Also, put the request on E-Schedule. Of course just because you request it doesn't mean you'll get it.
To add some additional information to things, I will have been working for Kroger's a year in Aug. as well which means I'll be able to get a week of vacation. Which you would think would be perfect as that is well before November right? Wrong, as I just read(and if I'm understanding it correctly from my contract), that you have to get any scheduled vacations in no later than Feb. 15th and even mention them sometime in Jan. But obviously I can't do that, since I don't even have my time in yet to qualify for that week til summer rolls around.
So does anybody know by chance the max or total number of days I could request off, like say if I did ask to take the whole week off would there be even a remote/slim chance they would be agreeable to that or no?
You have to have your vacation requests in by February 15th or whenever the cutoff date is, not the actual vacation. The requests are for the entire year. At my store, the payroll person makes out a vacation calendar for each department usually around the end of January. They probably do it at your store too since all vacations have to be approved by management. Just mark the week you want off. Also, put the request on E-Schedule. Of course just because you request it doesn't mean you'll get it.
I probably explained it wrong. I get the requests have to be in by the 15th. But what I was getting at, is that since I wouldn't have been working there a year just yet. I didn't think I could put in ANY request for vacation time by the Feb 15th deadline. As it would be kind of like saying "hey, I want to take a vacation and get paid for it, but I haven't even earned my week for it in the first place." And true, I have a feeling they might not honor the request for it being off. To which I elaborated that to my dad. Thanks again for the help on that. I will talk to payroll about it and see what happens.
since it's a holiday week they can deny ANY request for time off. thanksgiving is the busiest week of the year. they can and will fire people as well for not showing up.
Good to know. I would honestly have hoped they would have rotated me off working it this year. As I have already worked just about every holiday for them so far.
To add some additional information to things, I will have been working for Kroger's a year in Aug. as well which means I'll be able to get a week of vacation. Which you would think would be perfect as that is well before November right? Wrong, as I just read(and if I'm understanding it correctly from my contract), that you have to get any scheduled vacations in no later than Feb. 15th and even mention them sometime in Jan. But obviously I can't do that, since I don't even have my time in yet to qualify for that week til summer rolls around.
So does anybody know by chance the max or total number of days I could request off, like say if I did ask to take the whole week off would there be even a remote/slim chance they would be agreeable to that or no?
You have to have your vacation requests in by February 15th or whenever the cutoff date is, not the actual vacation. The requests are for the entire year. At my store, the payroll person makes out a vacation calendar for each department usually around the end of January. They probably do it at your store too since all vacations have to be approved by management. Just mark the week you want off. Also, put the request on E-Schedule. Of course just because you request it doesn't mean you'll get it.
I probably explained it wrong. I get the requests have to be in by the 15th. But what I was getting at, is that since I wouldn't have been working there a year just yet. I didn't think I could put in ANY request for vacation time by the Feb 15th deadline. As it would be kind of like saying "hey, I want to take a vacation and get paid for it, but I haven't even earned my week for it in the first place." And true, I have a feeling they might not honor the request for it being off. To which I elaborated that to my dad. Thanks again for the help on that. I will talk to payroll about it and see what happens.
Don't talk to payroll. They're not the ones that approve or deny vacations. Their only job is to see you get paid for them. Talk to your supervisor.
To add some additional information to things, I will have been working for Kroger's a year in Aug. as well which means I'll be able to get a week of vacation. Which you would think would be perfect as that is well before November right? Wrong, as I just read(and if I'm understanding it correctly from my contract), that you have to get any scheduled vacations in no later than Feb. 15th and even mention them sometime in Jan. But obviously I can't do that, since I don't even have my time in yet to qualify for that week til summer rolls around.
So does anybody know by chance the max or total number of days I could request off, like say if I did ask to take the whole week off would there be even a remote/slim chance they would be agreeable to that or no?
You have to have your vacation requests in by February 15th or whenever the cutoff date is, not the actual vacation. The requests are for the entire year. At my store, the payroll person makes out a vacation calendar for each department usually around the end of January. They probably do it at your store too since all vacations have to be approved by management. Just mark the week you want off. Also, put the request on E-Schedule. Of course just because you request it doesn't mean you'll get it.
I probably explained it wrong. I get the requests have to be in by the 15th. But what I was getting at, is that since I wouldn't have been working there a year just yet. I didn't think I could put in ANY request for vacation time by the Feb 15th deadline. As it would be kind of like saying "hey, I want to take a vacation and get paid for it, but I haven't even earned my week for it in the first place." And true, I have a feeling they might not honor the request for it being off. To which I elaborated that to my dad. Thanks again for the help on that. I will talk to payroll about it and see what happens.
Don't talk to payroll. They're not the ones that approve or deny vacations. Their only job is to see you get paid for them. Talk to your supervisor.
I was going to talk to him about it anyway. But honestly I want to make sure as many peeps know about it as possible, to see if it can go through or not. As I swear the communication is a real prob at times. And somebody may say yes here and no there. So I want just one clear answer period.
If your 1 year anniversary is in Aug, then all that means is that you have to take your vacation after your anniversary date this year. At least that's how the contract says in UCFW 75. You can and should still pick your vacation week by Feb 1s.
All employees will be entitled to vacations as outlined below.
Eligibility for an employees first vacation (one week) and for increases in vacation
(two, three, four, five and six weeks) will be determined by the anniversary date of
employment.
Service means continuous employment with the Employer. The following
Schedule shall apply:
Years of Service
Weeks of Vacation
One (1) year service/One (1) week vacation
Three (3) years service/ Two (2) weeks vacation
Seven (7) years service/ Three (3) weeks vacation
Thirteen (13) years service/ Four (4) weeks vacation
Twenty (20) years service/ Five (5) weeks vacation
Twenty-five (25) years service/Six (6) weeks vacation
After an employee has qualified for a vacation of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4),
five (5), or six (6) weeks, in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
the employee shall be eligible for future vacations as of January 1st of each year.
Employees will be paid their straight-time earnings for their basic workweek.
Vacation pay will be paid in advance.
Employees shall be advanced the approximate net amount of their vacation check in the
event the check has not been issued to the store on the Friday prior to the start of their
vacation week, except in cases where the employee requests a vacation less than two (2)
weeks prior to the Friday before vacation begins.
12.2
Computation of Vacation Pay
1. Full-Time Employees
A. Food Language
Full-time employees who worked on a full-time (40 hour) basis in at least forty (40)
weeks or who were not laid off for more than thirty (30) working days during the
anniversary or calendar year in which their vacations were earned will be paid their current straight-time hourly rate for their regularly scheduled workweek. In determining if
an employee has worked forty (40) or more weeks on a full-time basis, count weeks not
worked because of paid vacations, approved leaves of absence (including sick leave), and
weeks in which only thirty-two (32) hours were worked because of holidays, as weeks so
worked. The weekly pay of a full-time employee who worked on a full-
time (40 hour) basis in fewer than forty (40) weeks, or who was laid off for more than thirty (30) working days in the year, will be computed at the employee's current straight-time
hourly rate for the average number of hours worked per week during the anniversary or calendar year in which the vacation was earned. To determine the average number of hours worked per week, divide the total hours worked during this anniversary or calendar year by the number of weeks in the year; exclude from this calculation the hours and weeks off the
46 job because of paid vacation, sick leave, other authorized leave of absence and weeks
where one day was not worked because of a holiday.
B. Meat Language
Full-time employees will receive one fifty-second (1/52) of their previous years
earnings or forty (40) hours pay, whichever is greater.
2. Part-Time Employees
A.
part-time employee who is entitled to a vacation shall be granted a part-time vacation under the same general rules as provided for full-time employees except that part-time vacation pay
will be figured on the number of hours worked in the vacation qualifying year divided by
fifty-two (52). The qualifying date for all vacation purposes of any part-time employee who
subsequently, and without a break in employment, qualifies as a full-time employee, the
qualifying date shall be the date from which service has been counted for part-time vacation purposes rather than the date qualified as a full-time employee.
If this is saying what you were getting at 4hourrush then I more than get where you are coming from and can contact my supervisor about it next week when I go back into work. As I definitely have enough time to get in my vacation time before the deadline. If they are willing to grant it that is.
Yep, although I'm working in the marketplace in the suburbs of Columbus. But I guess it covers both areas. And thanks for the clarification of the vacation thing as well. Til my dad even mentioned taking a trip, I had never even thought to consult the contract(or that I could) for anything before. As they never even mentioned about where you could even find the thing at in the first place. So more than appreciate the help with this.
