I was just informed by administration that even though I’m on call for the hospital on Christmas, unless I physically see a patient (and send an email telling them who I saw), I will be forced to take PTO.
Context:
– I’m in Ohio
– they use PTO as “any time off M-F.” So it includes federal holidays, sick time, everything
– being on-call means I have to have my phone on me 24/7, have to be within a 20min drive of the hospital (because I can be called in at anytime), no alcohol, etc.
– we only get a limited amount of PTO
How is this legal???