Paid time off changed after 1 year employment
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Paid time off changed after 1 year employment
my employer offered me a job and gave me 23 days of paid time off to start. they were given at the beginning of the year to use. This year they changed that to a different system where I would earn so many hours a week and have shortened my time by 3 days, to where I only have 20 days I can earn because of my length of employment. I won’t reach 23 days paid time off until I am here for 5 years. they did this because they merged with another company. Can they do that?
Asked on January 27, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
An employer is free to change its company policy. A worker's protection is only under a union agreement/employment contract that is to the contrary. So if you have one, that addresses your PTO, then you may have recourse, otherwise I'm afraid that you will lose some of your time. The fact is that absent actionable discrimination, in an "at will" work setting, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. For your part you can either accept the new policy, complain but risk termination, or quit.
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