Add Vacation or PTO Policy
Add a Vacation or PTO Policy. Symply saves you time by calculating accrued and used time. To give a live balance right now. PTO (aka Paid Time Off) is usually a combination of both Vacation and Sick (no longer needing a Sick Policy).
- Click the Time off tab in the left navigation menu
- Click on Get Started on Vacation Policy
- Name the Policy
- Answer the following Questions
- Do you offer unlimited paid time off?
- When do they Start Earning?
- How with they Start Accruing?
- Fixed Amount earned all at once
- Enter Years of Service
- Total Per Year
- If Earned Over Time
- Hours Worked
- Enter Years at Company
- Total Per Year (how many hours will they earn per hours worked)
- Pay Period
- Enter Years at Company
- Accrual Rate (how many hours earned per pay period)
- Hours Worked
- Fixed Amount earned all at once
- What are the Rules regarding when employees can use their Vacation or PTO hours?
- Answer the following Questions:
- Do you prorate paid time off hours? (only if accrual is by Fixed amount earned all at once)
- Is there a waiting period before employees can use their paid time off hours?
- If yes enter the amount of Days
- Is there a limit to the number of hours an employee can carry over into the next year?
- Enter Max Carryover Limit per Years of Service
- Is there a limit to the number of hours an employee can have at one time? (example: the employee can accrue up to 40hrs at a time it cannot go over 40hrs but if they use 16hrs their balance is now 24hrs they can start accruing again until the balance max is met to 40hrs again)
- Is there a limit to the number of hours an employee can use in one year? (is there a cap on how many hours can be used?)
- Require minimum hours per pay period? (only if accrual is by Hours Worked)
- Save and Continue
- Answer the following Questions:
- Select all Employees that pertain to this accrual profile
- Save and Continue
- Enter Beginning Balances
- Enter if there has been an accrued balance (if none leave it as Zero)
- Enter if there has been used accrual hours (if none leave it as Zero)
- Save Policy.