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I worked for a place which allowed a high amount of “leave without pay”. There was a limit based on years with the company but a new employee got 3 weeks paid
by instagib 3y ago
I worked for a place which allowed a high amount of “leave without pay”.
There was a limit based on years with the company but a new employee got 3 weeks paid leave and up to 9 weeks unpaid. You pay the company the unpaid time x salary and then they give it back to you when you use it.
It worked out pretty well so if I was sick I could take the day off or if a coworker was sick and came to work, I could leave. I tend to keep a cold twice as long as other people.
I was able to take 3 one month vacations or every Friday off for a long time or somewhere in between.
- chrisabrams 3y agoWhat would happen if you paid for unpaid leave and didn’t use it?
- instagib 3y agoPaid back to you at the end of each year like it never happened. I don’t think it happened much at all. I could also work and bank comp time up to 80 hours (no overtime, 99% of the time). Use comp time like vacation time but no pay.
- halfjoking 3y agoNever heard of that, but that’s really a moonlighters dream. Here I am planning how to use every single one of my vacation days strategically so I can grow my $1k/mon business to $10k/mon. If I had up to 2 months unpaid it would be a game-changer.
- rcme 3y agoMaybe I’m missing something, but what’s the point of paying for the unpaid leave if you get the money back afterwards?
- foxyv 3y agoSo you don't have to go without pay during the break period. I know a lot of teachers do this for the 3 month summer vacation.