Details for R&R Bonus and PTO Day

As Dr. Boom announced last week, we’re excited to provide a rest and recuperation bonus to eligible Houston Methodist employees. On Friday, July 2, eligible employees will receive a $1,000 bonus and an extra day of paid time off added to their balance. The extra day of PTO will accrue hours in the same way that holiday PTO works, based on each employee’s standard hours.

Eligibility rules 

• Executives, physicians, and employees with faculty-level benefits who do not receive systemwide bonuses are excluded.
• Employees must have been hired by June 1, 2021 and must be employed on July 2.
• Employees on leave of absence will be eligible to receive the payment and the PTO on July 2.

Additional eligibility rules for the bonus

Employees who are PRN are required to have worked 100 hours between Jan. 3, 2021, and June 5, 2021. Your employee status (full-time/part-time or PRN) as of June 6, 2021, will determine eligibility.

Additional eligibility rules for the PTO

Only benefit eligible employees are eligible for the additional PTO day. (You must have standard hours of 20 or greater and not be temporary or PRN.) Your benefit status and your weekly standard hours (benefits eligible or not benefits eligible) as of June 30, 2021, will determine eligibility and PTO hours awarded.

The fine print

As a reminder, the Internal Revenue Service considers bonus payments to be supplemental wages and taxes are withheld at a flat rate of 22% in addition to regular Social Security deductions. If you owe arrears for benefits or parking, you will have an amount withheld for a portion of what you owe.