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Coda time off (PTO) — Version 0.0

Working schedules in action — introduction

I created planning schedules for USA and EU companies It became clear that there is lot of variation in how employers have to register time off. In the USA the distinction between Exempt, Non-Exempt, Intern, Consultant is prominent. In Europe highly flexible working schedules are possible like 3 hours on Monday and 8 hours on Tuesday.

If an American company has a PTO policy that combines vacation, sick, and personal days, employees can typically use PTO in half-day increments. Most European companies follow this logic. However when you only work 2 hours during the evening and you don’t work that ‘day’, you did not work for 2 hours instead of half a day. However governments tend to see this at not working one day (regardless the hours).

On top working schedules can vary. You start with 4 days a week, you go to 5, move back to 4 etc and per day you can have period dependent working hours. One week the early shift, next week the day, then the late shift, week off etc.

This all looks complex. When it comes to counting the time some one did not work, it is a good to follow set up. This changes when you deal with additional limitations based on regulations like the first 3 days per calendar month are paid 100%, after it drops. You add holidays…