Response Memo: Holiday Work Schedule
As a member of the Personnel Committee, you received the following e-mail from the operations manager:
With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approaching, many employees will want to take extra time off. During other times of the year, people want to convert three-day weekends into four- and five-day leaves. We need to maintain staffing levels and remain open except for official holidays. Some employees have complained that supervisors allow their friends to take special time off around three-day weekends. We need to develop a fair policy. Perhaps senior people should have first choice for time off. In relation to Christmas, we might need a different system than for three-day weekends. Please come up with suggestions for a fair staffing system. Remember that certain critical staff members cannot be gone at the same time.
Your Task. In teams or individually, recommend a staffing plan for holiday periods. Explain why you think your plan will work. You may decide on the kind of business, such as a bank or other financial institution, retail store, educational institution, health services, transportation, manufacturing, or some other industry. Address your message to Operations Manager James Tedeschi.