HR – Policies – VACATION?
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by admin
I have just spoken to my sister who work in Connecticut, but her cooporate office is in Massachusettes. Her last company policy handbook stated that you were only allowed to roll over 40 hrs of vacation. On her last paycheck she noticed that her vacation hours were alittle off (other employees did too), so they thought it might be a glitch in the payroll dept.Today 1/26/10 she received a package from cooporate stating that you are no longer allowed to rollover vacation hours and they have taken away everyone’s vacation…ALL OF IT! So anyone who save thier vacation to take it at the begining of the year is totally screwed. Is this legal? Please any help, advise, or ideas where I can research this will be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like BS to me. That policy should have been announced last year, with enough time to give employees to act appropriately.
They should complain mightily.
February 8th, 2010 at 11:41 am
It sounds like BS to me. That policy should have been announced last year, with enough time to give employees to act appropriately.
They should complain mightily.
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February 8th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
If the company has a policy that you can roll over 40hrs. of vacation time to the following year and make a change that eliminates this has eliminated something that is called "earned benefits". Earned benefits have a value that if a company decides to eliminate them, they may be required to pay the cash value of the benefit.
Below is taken right from http://www.mass.gov website. Even though this says "at the time of termination", your situation is similar and would most likely be handled by the same agency. In order to understand what you are entitled to, you should really call the Attorney General as stated below:
This type of thing is usually a matter of wage/hour law and/or collective bargaining agreements. Generally, an employer must pay an employee for any earned vacation time or other earned benefits due them, at the time of termination. Questions about vacation pay owed to an employee should be addressed to the Attorney General, Office of Fair Labor and Business Practices, 617-727-3465.
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I’m in HR.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Connecticut is not Massachusetts, vacation time in CT is a benefit or gift if you will, the employer can modify it,take it away at will, there is no law that says they can’t, MA may be different but it doesn’t matter as she works in CT, as far as a handbook there is a claus as there is in every handbook in the US, this can be changed at any time for any reason with or without notice, there is nothing to research because there is nothing she can do
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