Like Elizabeth, I have never been payed for time off due to snow. This includes all the jobs in my work history, from various historic sites to a number of retail and part-time academic positions. I think that it's great that you want to consider paying them because they have arranged their time in order to work during that time frame, but I don't know how feasible it would be. Unless they could arrange to do some sort of "work from home" activity such as David suggested, then they would simply be paid to not work. Obviously, this isn't something that would work long term in most institutions. My thought is that you can make the hours that they miss available at another time at your institution. Whoever missed work would have an opportunity to come in later in the week or month and work on a project in order to make up the hours. This way they have the opportunity to make up the time if they need the money, and since they wouldn't necessarily be completing their regular duties (front desk, answering phones, etc), they could work on any special projects that need some extra work. Wade On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Elizabeth Walton <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I have never been paid for time off due to snow. > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Carol Ely <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> What do you do about paying hourly employees when you must close due to >> weather or other emergency? Our maintenance staff are still expected to >> work if and when they can safely arrive, but what about part-time program >> staff? They are not needed when we are closed, but they’ve arranged their >> lives to be available for work at that time, and count on the income. >> According to state law, we have no obligation to pay them at all, but we >> want to retain their goodwill and the investment we’ve put into training >> them. How do other museums handle this? Our employee handbook is silent on >> this, and I need to set a policy and amend the handbook. >> >> >> >> Thanks for your ideas. >> >> >> >> Carol Ely >> >> Executive Director >> Locust Grove, Louisville >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: >> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).