Q&A

What if I run out of PTO?

What if I run out of PTO?

Some employers will let you take unpaid leave. It is very situation dependant. From the employers point of view they still have the overhead costs even though you aren’t there. For example, taking unpaid leave during a busy period will cost them money as they may have to find a temporary replacement.

What happens if I run out of PTO?

Can a salaried employee with no PTO get paid?

All users of our service are also subject to our Terms of Service. in GA, salary employee who has not acquired any pto days yet, takes an approved 3 day vacation but made up those hours in the pay period. the employer still deducted 3 days worth of pay from my salary. so I still worked min 40 hours but only got paid for 16. is this legal?

How many days of PTO do you get if you work on commission?

Instead of, say, two weeks of vacation and four days of sick leave, the employee gets 14 days of PTO to use for whichever purpose he chooses. Some companies, however, just use the term as another way to say “vacation time.”. When you deal with employees who work on commission or salary, PTO benefits can get complicated.

Can a employer deduct PTO for doctor’s appointments?

(Bonuses are a different story.) This means, that if you have no “leave” time left and you go to a 2 hour doctor’s appointment, your employer can’t legally deduct the time from your paycheck. The employer can discipline you, fire you, or make your life generally miserable, but cannot dock your pay.

Can a company dock your salary if you take a day off?

Salary PTO laws say that if an employee takes a day off during the week and doesn’t use PTO, the company can dock that employee’s pay. If, however, the employee is sent home because there’s no work, the company must pay regular salary. When it comes to partial-day absences for exempt employees, the salary PTO laws are more complicated.

All users of our service are also subject to our Terms of Service. in GA, salary employee who has not acquired any pto days yet, takes an approved 3 day vacation but made up those hours in the pay period. the employer still deducted 3 days worth of pay from my salary. so I still worked min 40 hours but only got paid for 16. is this legal?

Instead of, say, two weeks of vacation and four days of sick leave, the employee gets 14 days of PTO to use for whichever purpose he chooses. Some companies, however, just use the term as another way to say “vacation time.”. When you deal with employees who work on commission or salary, PTO benefits can get complicated.

(Bonuses are a different story.) This means, that if you have no “leave” time left and you go to a 2 hour doctor’s appointment, your employer can’t legally deduct the time from your paycheck. The employer can discipline you, fire you, or make your life generally miserable, but cannot dock your pay.

Salary PTO laws say that if an employee takes a day off during the week and doesn’t use PTO, the company can dock that employee’s pay. If, however, the employee is sent home because there’s no work, the company must pay regular salary. When it comes to partial-day absences for exempt employees, the salary PTO laws are more complicated.