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Can my employer legally force me to use my vacation time at a certain time?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

lococaprice asked:

The company I work for is forcing people to use there vacation time during their July shutdown. I believe they are doing it to avoid paying unemployment.
They won’t allow us to take it without pay.

Tags: People, Unemployment, Vacation Time
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How long should employee be given notice of taking vacation day?

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Tom asked:

I have a hearing to fight a traffic ticket this Thursday so today I filled out a form to get a paid vacation day. Someone felt we should give the company 2 weeks advanced notice and another girl said they should approve it. The company has given me less days to work due to a slowdown with no days at all worked in a week sometimes. Since I have has so many days off it was harder for me to give an advanced notice. In general how long should be appropriate for telling an employer I want a vacation day?

Tags: Slowdown, Traffic Ticket, Vacation Day
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Can a company use an employee’s vacation time to compensate for time off due to severe weather?

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Clae asked:

My company closed for 2 days due to severe weather and they are using those days off as vacation days. Many of us have already scheduled our vacation days for later in the year and have already paid for cruises or in my case airfaire, but now don’t have the sufficient amount of vacation time left. Can they do this?

Tags: Airfaire, Cruises, Severe Weather
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Can I be forced to use vacation when we are not allowed to go to work?

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

cory1682 asked:

I live in south Louisiana and I am a salaried employee. Because of Hurricane Gustav, we were under mandatory evacuation beginning Sunday, August 31. Normal residents were not allowed to return until Thursday, September 4. The place I work did not get power back until Sunday, September 7. We are being told we have to take no pay or vacation to get paid. Can they make me take vacation? Friday is not an issue because we work Monday to Thursday.

Tags: Mandatory Evacuation, Salaried Employee, South Louisiana
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Is payment for accrued vacation required when terminating and employee?

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

cyberlill asked:

I have an employee that was terminated after 10 months employment in the state of California. He was entitled to one week vacation after one year’s employment. Am I required to pay 10/12 of 5 days if he is terminated after 10 months?

Tags: 10 Months, Employment, State Of California
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Can the employer denied not to pay the vacation time at time of discharge?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Unlucky person asked:

The employer did not give the employee the final check which was the vacation pay. The employee had to request forr the vacation pay a few days later. The employer denied and gave execuse because the employer is not able to find the tracking records for the employee’s vacation usage?
Please help!

Tags: Few Days, Vacation Pay, Vacation Time
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