Can a job take away your vacation time/pay without notice?
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Can a job take away your vacation time/pay without notice?
I was hired at a new job that started this past
Monday, when I was hired I was told how much
I would make an hour, how many hours a week
I would work, and that I would be paid during
Christmas Vacation2 weeks as well as Spring
Breakanother 2 weeks. On Wednesday I was
informed as well as several other coworkers
that we will not be getting paid for those 4
weeks. Is this legal?
Asked on August 10, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Does this change violate the terms of any written employment contract or union agreement? Does it in some way consitute some form of legally actionable discrimination (which it does not appear to based on the facts presented)? If not, then as an "at will" worker, your company is free to set or change the conditions of your employment much as it sees fit. This includes your PTO (i.e. vacation/sick leave) as long as you have not yet taken it (i.e. they couldn't inform you of the change after you had already taken the time off).
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