My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California
The company I work at just changed their vacation policy. Previously we were allowed 80 hours of paid vacation and 40 hours of paid sick time from the start of the year. If you joined the company half way through the year you would only get half of that paid vacation/sick time. I have been with the company for 4 years.
Well, on the 1st of March 2009 I received an email stating that all employees will now accrue vacation and sick time starting January 1st, 2009. This means that the vacation I had planned for next month I either cannot take or I will not get paid for as I have only accrued about 8 hours of vacation time since the beginning of the year.
It just doesn't seem right that at the beginning of the year I had 80 hours of vacation time, but now I only have 8 and I have to wait until the very last day of the year to use all of it.

