Does anyone have a Discretionary LOA policy and/or Sabbatical policy for their hospital employees? We have requests for time off for lengths of time longer than usual PTO—longer than 2-3 weeks—for reasons not covered by any federal or state LOA law (like medical).

 

How do you all handle this? If you have a policy, would you mind sharing?

 

Recent requests have been:

1)      1 month to travel to the Maldives with family

2)      9 months for an assignment with Doctors without Borders

3)      6 weeks to complete a Women’s Empowerment Certification

4)      4 months to focus on writing a Masters’ thesis

 

 

Be well,

Angeli

 

Angeli Mancuso, RN, COHN-S/CM

Employee Health & Safety Manager

Ph: 805.569.7866/Internal Ext. 57866

Fax: 805.569.8271

a1mancus@sbch.org

www.cottagehealthsystem.org

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