Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hi Eric, The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis <https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/employee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis> ” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff. HTH, Mary Mary Jean Harrison Director Coloma Public Library 151 W. Center Street Coloma Michigan 49083 269-468-3431 <http://www.colomapubliclibrary.net> www.colomapubliclibrary.net The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff. Timothy Healy From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> On Behalf Of ehansen--- via Michlib-l Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure. Hello, I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions: 1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building? Eric Hansen Director <http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/> Vicksburg District Library EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org <mailto:EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org> 269-649-1648
For the time being we are paying staff for average weekly hours. Fife Lake On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:42 PM Mary Harrison via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hi Eric,
The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis <https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/employee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis>” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff.
HTH, Mary
Mary Jean Harrison
Director
Coloma Public Library
151 W. Center Street
Coloma Michigan 49083
269-468-3431
www.colomapubliclibrary.net
*The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.*
*Timothy Healy*
*From:* michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *ehansen--- via Michlib-l *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM *To:* michlib-l@mcls.org *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hello,
I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions:
1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building?
*Eric Hansen*
Director *Vicksburg District Library * <http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/>
EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org
269-649-1648 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
-- *Julie KintnerDirectorFife Lake Public Libraryjkintner@tadl.org <jkintner@tadl.org>231.879.4101*
Peninsula Community Library will continue to pay staff for their regularly scheduled hours. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 3:32 PM Julie Kintner via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
For the time being we are paying staff for average weekly hours. Fife Lake
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:42 PM Mary Harrison via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hi Eric,
The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis <https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/employee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis>” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff.
HTH, Mary
Mary Jean Harrison
Director
Coloma Public Library
151 W. Center Street
Coloma Michigan 49083
269-468-3431
www.colomapubliclibrary.net
*The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.*
*Timothy Healy*
*From:* michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *ehansen--- via Michlib-l *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM *To:* michlib-l@mcls.org *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hello,
I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions:
1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building?
*Eric Hansen*
Director *Vicksburg District Library * <http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/>
EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org
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*Julie KintnerDirectorFife Lake Public Libraryjkintner@tadl.org <jkintner@tadl.org>231.879.4101*
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Hi Eric -- We, too, are paying all library staff (with the exception of our pages) their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure... which for us has currently been adjusted to a potential May 4th opening. I haven't had any Board members (thankfully) who have indicated they want to consider layoffs. If we did decide to do that, we have a Union, so we would follow lay-off procedures as outlined there. The case I made to my Board president, when we briefly spoke about this issue, was that a) these are trained staff... we will need them in full force when we do get to reopen , b) our staff (who have the tech capability) have voluntarily staffed virtual reference shifts via a Google number we linked to a library gmail account, are attending online trainings and webinars that pertain to their jobs, and some even have repair items and supplies that they took home to work on, c) we don't need to add to the already waaaaaaay overwhelmed unemployment situation, d) our budgets are fairly static.... so continuing to pay them through this shouldn't be a hardship, and last but far from least e) our staff didn't need to be worrying about continuing to get paid on top of being already stressed out about everything else. Anyway, those are our justifications.... for now at least. Stephanie Masin Director Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:44 PM Mary Harrison via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hi Eric,
The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis <https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/employee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis>” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff.
HTH, Mary
Mary Jean Harrison
Director
Coloma Public Library
151 W. Center Street
Coloma Michigan 49083
269-468-3431
www.colomapubliclibrary.net
*The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.*
*Timothy Healy*
*From:* michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *ehansen--- via Michlib-l *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM *To:* michlib-l@mcls.org *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hello,
I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions:
1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building?
*Eric Hansen*
Director *Vicksburg District Library * <http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/>
EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org
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Hello Eric, At the West Branch District Library it was decided to pay our staff for their regularly scheduled hours. We have a good staff and since we had set the budget to pay those hours we decided that our staff deserved our support during this time. John Sheridan, Director Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Stephanie via Michlib-l<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 4:08 PM To: Mary Harrison<mailto:mary@colomapubliclibrary.net> Cc: michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure. Hi Eric -- We, too, are paying all library staff (with the exception of our pages) their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure... which for us has currently been adjusted to a potential May 4th opening. I haven't had any Board members (thankfully) who have indicated they want to consider layoffs. If we did decide to do that, we have a Union, so we would follow lay-off procedures as outlined there. The case I made to my Board president, when we briefly spoke about this issue, was that a) these are trained staff... we will need them in full force when we do get to reopen , b) our staff (who have the tech capability) have voluntarily staffed virtual reference shifts via a Google number we linked to a library gmail account, are attending online trainings and webinars that pertain to their jobs, and some even have repair items and supplies that they took home to work on, c) we don't need to add to the already waaaaaaay overwhelmed unemployment situation, d) our budgets are fairly static.... so continuing to pay them through this shouldn't be a hardship, and last but far from least e) our staff didn't need to be worrying about continuing to get paid on top of being already stressed out about everything else. Anyway, those are our justifications.... for now at least. Stephanie Masin Director Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:44 PM Mary Harrison via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org>> wrote: Hi Eric, The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis<https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/employee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis>” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff. HTH, Mary Mary Jean Harrison Director Coloma Public Library 151 W. Center Street Coloma Michigan 49083 269-468-3431 www.colomapubliclibrary.net<http://www.colomapubliclibrary.net> The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff. Timothy Healy From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>> On Behalf Of ehansen--- via Michlib-l Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure. Hello, I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions: 1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building? Eric Hansen Director Vicksburg District Library <http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/> EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org<mailto:EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org> 269-649-1648 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l
While I know the situation is different for public libraries, at Mott Library all full-time staff are continuing to work and be paid. Our part-time employees are also working from home and have various work assignments so they can continue to receive paychecks during this time. Part-time people are employed through Kelly Services, even though they are permanent employees. Our student employees are not working, but they are continuing to be paid. (A small look into one academic library. ;) ) Jill Sodt Director of Library Services Mott Library <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/f9f4bc646d42ef1654a0089b74d7895187a7664d?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcc.edu%2Flibrary%2Flib_index.shtml&userId=4130662&signature=c2ff9c6f359b4e37> Mott Community College 1401 East Court St, Flint, MI 48503 810-762-0415 jill.sodt@mcc.edu pronouns: she/her/hers www.facebook.com/MottLibrary <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0c38ad79caa93e5e34132fc04fa3a223972f4596?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMottLibrary%2F%3Fref%3Dbookmarks&userId=4130662&signature=ea297e581607844e> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 8:01 PM John Sheridan via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hello Eric,
At the West Branch District Library it was decided to pay our staff for their regularly scheduled hours. We have a good staff and since we had set the budget to pay those hours we decided that our staff deserved our support during this time.
John Sheridan, Director
Sent from Mail <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a8ac33181b65c03845ddcdb16f4b03157036f0a7?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.microsoft.com%2Ffwlink%2F%3FLinkId%3D550986&userId=4130662&signature=3687b8a41ded0787> for Windows 10
*From: *Stephanie via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> *Sent: *Monday, April 6, 2020 4:08 PM *To: *Mary Harrison <mary@colomapubliclibrary.net> *Cc: *michlib-l@mcls.org *Subject: *Re: [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hi Eric --
We, too, are paying all library staff (with the exception of our pages) their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure... which for us has currently been adjusted to a potential May 4th opening. I haven't had any Board members (thankfully) who have indicated they want to consider layoffs. If we did decide to do that, we have a Union, so we would follow lay-off procedures as outlined there. The case I made to my Board president, when we briefly spoke about this issue, was that a) these are trained staff... we will need them in full force when we do get to reopen , b) our staff (who have the tech capability) have voluntarily staffed virtual reference shifts via a Google number we linked to a library gmail account, are attending online trainings and webinars that pertain to their jobs, and some even have repair items and supplies that they took home to work on, c) we don't need to add to the already waaaaaaay overwhelmed unemployment situation, d) our budgets are fairly static.... so continuing to pay them through this shouldn't be a hardship, and last but far from least e) our staff didn't need to be worrying about continuing to get paid on top of being already stressed out about everything else.
Anyway, those are our justifications.... for now at least.
Stephanie Masin
Director
Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:44 PM Mary Harrison via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hi Eric,
The Coloma Public Library is paying all library staff their normally scheduled hours for the duration of the closure, however long it turns out to be. I am hoping to explore if public libraries can be included in the program for “Employee Retention Credit for Employers Subject to Closure Due to COVID-19 Crisis <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/e902d1b92b95e7476883778c4da00a0c174f867b?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irs.gov%2Fforms-pubs%2Femployee-retention-credit-for-employers-subject-to-closure-due-to-covid-19-crisis&userId=4130662&signature=8375aa3e26e32555>” as an offset--though even if we aren’t, it doesn’t change our plan to pay staff.
HTH, Mary
Mary Jean Harrison
Director
Coloma Public Library
151 W. Center Street
Coloma Michigan 49083
269-468-3431
www.colomapubliclibrary.net <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/fafae55368629ff215f6024bbacfa2bd7fb7009c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colomapubliclibrary.net&userId=4130662&signature=57e62365fa5ba9ab>
*The most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library staff.*
*Timothy Healy*
*From:* michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> *On Behalf Of *ehansen--- via Michlib-l *Sent:* Monday, April 6, 2020 1:23 PM *To:* michlib-l@mcls.org *Subject:* [Michlib-l] Paying Staff During Mandatory Closure.
Hello,
I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions:
1. Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building? 2. Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute? 3. If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building?
*Eric Hansen*
Director *Vicksburg District Library * <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/b00aa8131fca25c590ad17f5cbf6b73a1dd6cc2c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vicksburglibrary.org%2F&userId=4130662&signature=f4627a2370edbad3>
EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org
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