With Mandatory Paid Leave Gaining Ground Is It Time To Do Away With Your PTO and Go Back to a Sick/Vacation Time Off Program

• OVERVIEW

PTO or a Paid Time Off programs that combined vacation and sick leave into one bucket of time off was the trend for many years. Transitioning from a Sick/Vacation plan to a PTO has its complications, but proper planning and communication will ensure its success. 

On the other hand, due to mandatory paid sick leave laws, many organizations are considering moving away from PTO back to a Sick/Vacation plan.  Ten states require paid sick leave. Eighteen states will pass new legislation soon to require businesses to offer paid sick leave to employees.  Other states will follow suit in the next year or so and a Federal Law requiring paid sick leave seems to be getting closer and closer to being passed.

• LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Gaining an understanding of the various states and municipalities mandating paid sick leave
• Understanding the good points and not so good points about both types of paid leave
• Learning how to do a cost benefits analysis on both types of paid leave
• Learn what to look for when planning the change
• Effectively communicating change that is critical to the success of the change of your program
• Developing a plan of action to ensure all bases are covered. 

• WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

•   With the above described legislation, changes must be made to time off policies.
• Multi-State employers need to know what the compliance requirements are – by the way, each state and municipality have different rules for accrual of sick leave and the reasons they can be used. 
• Under the mandatory paid sick leave, abuse will become a huge problem – how will your organization deal with it.
• Compliance is not difficult if you know what you are doing.  

• AREAS COVERED

•  Current Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Laws in place.
• A review of pending legislation.
• A comparison of PTO policies vs. Sick/Vacation
• Conducting a cost-benefit analysis for both plans
• Planning for change
• Communication the change
• Action Items for participants

• WHO WILL BENEFIT?

•  Human Resources Professionals
• Payroll administrators
• Benefits Professionals
• Business Managers
• Business Owners