On the issue of Vacation leave, as managing consultants we suggest that all national holidays be considered paid holidays, in Kenya that would be 10 paid national holidays in a year. Since some religious holidays are not considered national holidays, we advise that LearnInMotion.com organizes a way for the employee to choose which holiday shall be paid and which unpaid by giving them for example an extra 3 days paid leave for use at their discretion. Or they could also grant religious holidays as excused absences, as long as they do not infringe on work that day and allow the employees to make up for the absences. .
On the issue of sick leave, we recommend a leave bank of paid time off (PTO). In this case an employee is allowed 18 PTO days to use as they deem fit. Be it sick, personal or vacation days off.
2. The advantages and disadvantages of LearnInMotion.com providing its employees with health, hospitalization and health insurance programs.
Advantages.
• It is seen as a good humanitarian gesture.
• It improves employee/employer relations.
• It boosts employee morale.
• It is seen as an employer's step towards perceiving his/her employees as assets to the organization.
• It also boosts the organization's reputation.
• LearnInMotion.com only provides the benefits required by law so this would be one where they decide its implementation. Thus giving them an opportunity to personalize their polices according to the employees and organization's needs.
• LearnInMotion.com including a health benefits package would indeed act as a great incentive, it would also be a good strategy for attracting potential employees from competitors.
• Personally you will gain, as you will also get those very same benefits but now costing you less, by offering them to your employees, you are privately rewarding yourself with those benefits.
