If I have a doctor’s appointment and got the OK from work to take the time off, can they make me take a vacation time to do it?

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If I have a doctor’s appointment and got the OK from work to take the time off, can they make me take a vacation time to do it?

They are going to make us use 4 hours of our vacation time even if we are only gone 1 hour. I?s this legal

Asked on July 9, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Florida

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 8 years ago | Contributor

1) Yes, an employer can require employees to use PTO (paid time off) for doctor's appoinments; the employer is not required by law to let them go at all  during work hours, and so can set its own policies or requirements for letting employees miss work for this purpose.

2) Similarly, employers are allowed to set their own policies about missing work or PTO generally, and can require that PTO be used in minimum 4-hour increments, even if the employee doesn't actually need this much time. Again, employers don not have to provide *any* vacation time, so they are allowed to make the rules for it.

So unfortunately yes, this is legal.


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