It is suggested that employees don't wait until the end of the year to use their leave. Employees are not supposed to have more than 40 hours of comp time, but this isn't controlled. Many employees have more than 40 hours. We don't yet know what will happen with Oracle, the new integrated system. The reason that the hospital switched to OLTA was so that nursing staff could charge their time to different units.
HR continues to train supervisors and managers on the new compensation plan.
There continues to be an opportunity for employees to make comments. They can appeal to employee relations. Employees need to realize that just because you do your job, it doesn't mean that you will get more money. There may not be money. If a department doesn't have funds, they can't give an increase.