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    Default Can an Employee be Required to Use PTO for a Day the Employer is Closed

    An employer was scheduled to close on a federal holiday, and paid their employees for that holiday, but opted to also close for a second day without paying their employees. An employee noted that due to his work schedule, he would be missing three days of work as a result, and that he was out of holiday time that he could use to cover the day. The employer paid him for the day but, a month later, are charging him a day of PTO in order to cover that day's pay. Can the employer retroactively use his PTO to pay for a day he was required to take off?

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    Default Re: Can an Employee be Required to Use PTO for a Day the Employer is Closed

    Absent a contract, collective bargaining agreement or (for public employees) civil service law that prevents the employer's actions, the employer can "lend" the employee a day off and then reclaim it from the employee's subsequently earned vacation time or PTO.

    If he is an exempt employee, the employer could not dock his wages but could still charge him the PTO day to cover the day off; if he is not an exempt employee, the employer could have left him unpaid for the day, even though it was the employer's idea to close.

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