Do other hospitals give extra volunteer hours to board members in leadership roles? We have always given hours to the Executive Board members of our Auxiliary and our Gift Shop to account for the hours of work they perform on behalf of the hospital from home. My leadership has asked if this is a regular practice for other hospitals as we well. If other hospitals do give credits, how do you distribute those hours.

Thanks!

We give hours for board officers, they & the board members record the hours they attend board meetings, etc., but we also give bonus hours for serving as an officer on the board per year.  The president gets 225 hours, pres-elect 150, secretary & treasurer 100, parliamentarian, immediate past president & department chairs get 50 hours.

Any time volunteers contribute to our facility outside the hospital is added to our database when reported.  The volunteers are on the honor system.  I do have a few virtual volunteers who report their time quarterly or there abouts.

We also give credit for meetings on campus, off campus meetings and hours worked on projects at home. I'm paid when I attend meetings, etc. So we decided it was only fair to do it this way. They are responsible for documenting their hours. I answer to the HR VP, and he agreed with me.