Can an employer limit you to 3 personal days off per calendar year?
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Can an employer limit you to 3 personal days off per calendar year?
My employer is attempting to put a policy in place which limits salaried
employees to 3 personal days off a year. Is this legal?
Asked on January 19, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that most employment is "at will' which means that, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of work much as it sees fit. Additionally, as a general rule PTO (i.e. sick days and vacation time) is not legally mandated. Therefore to the extent that an employer chooses to provide them, it has the disrection over how much such time is given. This is true as long as reducing such time does not violate the rems of an employment contract or union agreement.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that most employment is "at will' which means that, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of work much as it sees fit. Additionally, as a general rule PTO (i.e. sick days and vacation time) is not legally mandated. Therefore to the extent that an employer chooses to provide them, it has the disrection over how much such time is given. This is true as long as reducing such time does not violate the rems of an employment contract or union agreement.
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