WFM Leave Accruals and Leave Cap

Are you reaching your cap on leave?

Everyone has a different cap on their leave balances depending on their bargaining group and years of service. Please refer to your handbook and agreement here through the LPS website for your cap on leave.

WFM accrues leave on the last day of the month, which may or may not be an actual pay day. If you enter an absence for the last day of the month, and are at your cap for that leave, WFM will first accrue leave, then remove any accrued leave over the cap before decrementing your absence. You must be below your leave cap before the last day of the month.

Example of an employee at their cap and being absent day of accrual:

An employee had a starting vacation leave balance of 322.45 hours, then the employee accrued 14 hours on the last day of June, making the employees vacation balance 336.45 hours. Because this employees cap on vacation leave is 336 hours, WFM decreases the balance by .45 minutes. Then the employee took 8 hours of vacation that same day, which was decremented, leaving an ending balance of vacation leave of 328 hours.

*Note that this is not the cap balance for everyone’s vacation leave. Please see your handbook and agreement for your specific cap on leave.

Updated July 14, 2022