In Illinois: The current vacation policy states that time off accrues each month of employment, and must be used within the ee's anniversary date. Trouble is: many staff take 3-5 days vacation when they haven't yet accrued the time off. We want to be fair, however we've been burned by paying time off that has not yet been accrued; then the employee leaves.
Is there another structure to suggest? Or can we pay out vacation/pto on a quarterly basis, instead of providing it in the employees subsequent paycheck.
Thank you.

