Proper Deduction of Pto for Salaried/Exempt Employee
My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Massachusetts. i'm a salaried employee (management and exempt from overtime). 6 years ago the company switched from vacation/personal/sick time to paid time off or pto. anyway, on more than 1 occasion i left work early for personal reasons. even though i worked between 3-5 hours of the scheduled work day my employer docked me for 8 hours of pto. since i don't get paid extra or given time compensation for working the required 14 Saturdays each year and 8-9 hours per day, should they have done that? my understanding was no overtime for extra hours worked and no deduction for not working the full 8. any help is greatly appreciated.
Re: Proper Deduction of Pto for Salaried/Exempt Employee
That's not necesssarily true. If the policy provides that PTO can be used only in increments of 8 hours, then it's irrelevant that you might have worked a partial day. IMHO, that's a dumb idea, since once employees realize this, they'll take a whole day off when the company could have gotten a few hours work out of them, at least.
Also, even if you do "make up the time", there is no law in any state prohibiting the employer from charging PTO for the missed hours of a scheduled work day. Not necessarily the way I'd do it if I were your manager, but it isn't illegal.