Wow! No one was expecting this! There are benefits to working in a tight labour market...
"Effective immediately, the Company will provide six (6) paid, flex days for non union staff located in Gulf Canada Square in Calgary. Employees in all other areas of the company are not eligible. The change also excludes non-union employees who work a scheduled 12-hour shift and who have a separate arrangement already in place that reflects their unique work schedule.
This location-specific policy is being implemented in response to the highly competitive labour market pressure for professional staff in downtown Calgary, primarily driven by aggressive growth in the petroleum industry. The competition for professional staff has had, and continues to have, a direct impact on our ability to attract and retain non-union employees in Calgary. This policy is aimed directly at addressing the already established practice of Calgary-based companies to grant flex/personal days to their employees in addition to their normal vacation schedule.
The flex days will be in addition to the individual Annual Vacation entitlement; however they cannot be carried forward into the next year, if unused, nor paid out upon termination of employment. Flex days may be used for any personal leave purpose.
The six annual flex days will not be pro-rated this year for regular full-time employees. (Part-time employees will be allotted days in accordance with their part-time schedule.) Specific provisions for new hires and other administrative matters regarding the policy and answers to the most common questions will be available on RailTown later today.
As a company, we will continue to monitor our competitive labour market position in Calgary and across Canada and the US."
I think I'm going to take today off....
3 comments:
Okay - better than a kick to the teeth, however I just found out that it is six flex days a year, not twelve. That seems strange since I think most of the O&G companies get 12 flex days a year, plus 2 or 3 weeks A/V a year, plus essentially another week off during Stampede. Makes CPR a bit more attractive than before (?) but not much.
A day off is a day off. At my old company we got no flex days, or raises or stock or ...
17 flex days? Wow - amazing that anything gets done around there...
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