Floating Holiday Pay

[josephter]

California
In California when an employer offers floating holiday(s) as a benefit is that payable on final pay? The benefit is:full time employees who have completed 6 months of service receive one float holiday per year, float holiday must be pre-approved, must be taken in full day increment and does not carry over into next year.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

 

[outonbail]

The way you describe it, I would say no, it is not the same as say earned vacation pay.

My reasoning:

Because it has to be "pre-approved"

If you received your final pay, as in you're no longer employed there, I don't think you stand much of a chance at having this floater approved.

 

[pattytx]

I'm going to disagree with outonbail here. Sorry, out.

Vacation has to be "pre-approved", doesn't it? So, I'm not seeing where that as a reason would hold up.

Basically, the only restriction to your plan is that it be used within six months. If it were severly restricted, such as "must be taken within 1 week of the holiday worked" or a birthday holiday where it "must be taken within the birthday month", then I would say it would not need to be paid out. But the way your policy reads, I doubt the DLSE would see it as anything other than an extra day of "vacation".

This opinion letter is pretty much on point.
http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/opinions/1992-04-27.pdf