For our museum theatre program, we have part-time employees who are
asked about availability.  They are then told a week in advance whether
or not they are needed.  If we don't use them, they are not paid.  If
they don't show up (illness, etc.), they are not paid either.  We do not
guarantee a minimum number of hours.


Christina M. Myatt
Theatrical Programming Coordinator
Putnam Museum
1717 West 12th Street
Davenport IA 52804
563.324.1054 ext. 207 (phone)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Issaquah Historical Society Info <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:30:04 -0700
Subject: Re: Contractual workers

> I don't know a lot about this type of arrangement. So by this do you
> mean
> that you pay them even when they don't need to come in for a tour? It
> seems
> like it might be easier to pay someone as an hourly employee in this
> case.
> If they can't come in, they don't get paid. The question about what
> to do if
> there is no tour scheduled it a little vaguer... I'm not an HR whiz,
> though,
> so this is just my gut reaction.
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
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> www.issaquahhistory.org
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>   From: Museum discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Franny Kent
>   Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:27 AM
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Subject: Contractual workers
>
>
>   Hello Listers...
>
>   Does anyone out their manage or know of an institution that hires
> people
> on a contractual basis meaning that:
>   A contractor is hired and paid for their AVAILABILITY(i.e. every
> tuesday
> for 30 weeks to give a group a tour) and they get paid regardless of
> whether
> or not a group has signed up?
>   What do you do if that person has a personal emergency (they're
> sick,
> family emergency, etc.) since you hired them under with the
> understanding
> that they will be paid regardless of whether they 'teach' a group on
> their
> 'day'? How do  you make it clear that if they have an emergency on a
> given
> day THEY WILL NOT GET PAID because they 'broke' the contract in a
> way,
> because of the (hopefully) one time emergency?
>
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