Fact Sheet: Final Rule to Implement Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors

Accrual

Under the Final Rule, employees accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked on or in connection with a covered contract. As to employees for whom contractors are not already required to keep records of hours worked pursuant to the DBA, SCA, or FLSA (such as employees who are employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity under FLSA regulations), contractors can use the assumption that the employees are working on or in connection with covered contracts for 40 hours each week. Contractors are also permitted to use an estimate of time their employees work in connection with (rather than on) a covered contract as long as the estimate is reasonable and based on verifiable information.

Maximum Accrual, Carryover, Reinstatement, and Payment for Unused Leave

The Final Rule provides that contractors may limit the amount of paid sick leave employees may accrue to 56 hours each year and must permit employees to carry over accrued, unused paid sick leave from one year to the next. The Final Rule also allows contractors to limit the amount of paid sick leave employees have accrued to 56 hours at any point in time. Furthermore, contractors are required to reinstate employees’ accrued, unused paid sick leave if the employees are rehired by the same contractor within 12 months after a job separation unless contractors provide payment to employees for accrued, unused paid sick leave upon separation. Contractors are not required to pay employees for accrued, unused paid sick leave at the time of a job separation (“cash-out”); however, if they do provide cash-out, they will not be required to reinstate unused leave.

Every year the ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association Michigan Chapter presents its distinguished Company of the year award at its annual Lansing Conference. This year, Pleune Service Company was honored to receive the award from the Chapter’s President David Bosch.

In attendance to receive the award were 6 of 7 ESOP Committee Members, Ken Misiewicz (CEO/President), Jill Malone (Trustee and VP of Human Resources – Administration), and Jennifer Murphy (Trustee and CFO). The award is the first for the Organization in its 29^th year of becoming an ESOP.

Employee Ownership and Culture is the foundation of Pleune Service Company’s mission statement, value statement, and business plan. An excerpt from the Company’s award submission letter captures the essence of the Organizations focus on its most regarded asset, its people: “Our employee owners make Pleune Service Company what it is today. Staying focused on our core values; Integrity, respect, persistence, quality, teamwork, education, and customer oriented, assist Pleune Service Company in making decisions that benefit our current employee owners and future employee owners. Pleune Service Company strives for engagement. We want our employee owners to feel like they have a voice and they do. We do not have a single owner like most organizations, rather 115 employee owners and we are very proud of that!”

Your HVAC system is working well right now, but it probably needs a regular check up more often than you think.

In order for your HVAC system to work properly, we recommend (at minimum) an overall inspection of your equipment at least twice a year. Ideally, this would mean checking your system for heating in the Fall, and checking it for cooling in the Spring. It is important that your equipment is looked over by a professional at least two times a year so the equipment can be evaluated and small issues can be caught before they turn into large costly repairs.

During these inspections, one of our Pleune service technicians can also help you determine if the time is coming to budget a replacement before the unit fails. A replacement will always be much easier- and much less costly- than an emergency repair. We also recommend that you have the filters changed four times a year. Plugged filters can cause your HVAC equipment to operate inefficiently- costing more in energy in the long haul, and possibly resulting in service calls on those extreme weather days, when you need your system most.

Luckily, Pleune Service can provide all of these repairs and updates, plus much more. We hope you will choose Pleune Service Company as your choice for your HVAC maintenance needs. We are here 24/7 to help you out and have a variety of service plans to fit your company’s needs. For more information about these plans, or to schedule an inspection, call 800.447.6907 to speak with a Pleune tech today.