All Questions and Answers about Vacation

Even though i am required to work 50 hours a week my employer only pays me 40 hours for a week vacat
my employer requires me to work a 50 hour work week but for a weeks pay vacation only pays me 40 hours is this legal.
1 answer  |  asked Oct 2, 2014 9:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

can earned vacation be taken away because change of policy
i had 12 days vacation already earned and was informed that in jan everybodys vacation would start over if you had any vacation left that it would be lost starting january 1st and start overthen and c...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 18, 2014 11:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is my company required to pay me accrued vacation time upon leaving?
Hi, I work for a small, privately owned business. I recently put in my 2 weeks notice and was asked to leave at the end of that first week. Does my employer have to pay me for my unused days? I have a...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 4, 2012 5:37 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can a private employer have different vacation amounts for exempt & nonexempt?
Is is legal for a private employer to offer exempt employees more vacation than non exempt employees? Are there any illeagal perks that can be offered to exempt rather than non exempt?
1 answer  |  asked Feb 23, 2012 09:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can earned vacation time be taken away in IL due to a demotion?
My spouse was informed 2 weeks ago that he was being demoted and his hourly rate was being reduced significately. He received a 1 day notice. When he got his paycheck this week the company also reduce...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 15, 2012 11:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Can an employer revoke vacation time after it has been earned?
My mother-inlaw works in Mesa, AZ as a nurse practitioner for a family practice medical office. She has been employed there for 17 years. She has been earning vacation time the same way and at the sam...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 20, 2012 2:06 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

Can my boss make me take my vaca. days off only by the week & not by the days?
yes, my boss informed me I have to use my 3 weeks of vacation I earned, only by taking a week off at a time and I wanted to use 1 of my weeks as days that I might need off throughout the year! I don't...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 6, 2012 10:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Is an employer required to pay vacation pay if exceptions were made to past employees?
I provided a 3 week notice instead of a required 4 week notice at the time of termination. Company stated because I did not provide the adequate required notice, I was not eligible for vacation pay ac...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 22, 2011 6:23 PM [EST]  |  applies to New York

What if earned vacation is changed from work in the prior year to work in the current year?
I worked for a company for 44 years. For 40 years, the vacation that you took in the current year was for the time you worked the prior year. You did not get vacation the first year of employment. The...
2 answers  |  asked Nov 16, 2011 09:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Does my employer have to pay me the day after Thanksgiving?
We work in a small office. There are two hourly employees and the doctor here. We are forced to take the day after Thanksgiving as she closes the office. I was told at another employeers office that w...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 18, 2011 06:22 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida