Texas
My employer is a contractor to a large federal agency. Recently, we were all forced to leave work for a mandatory evacuation from Hurricane Ike. We were released from work on Thursday, September 12 and were later informed that we could not return to work until Monday, September 22. Apparently, my employer's contract with this federal agency does not include paying me for lost time due to mandatory hurricane evacuation.
My question is this:
My employer has forced me to use all of my vacation time to fill the work hours lost during the hurricane. This made me absolutely LIVID. I have earned and accrued my vacation time to be spent on VACATION, not EVACUATION, with my husband and children. Can my employer, legally, to force me to use my vacation time for mandatory hurricane evacuation? Or do I have the legal right to refuse this and simply take the time without pay?
Thank you,
A very frustrated employee
My employer is a contractor to a large federal agency. Recently, we were all forced to leave work for a mandatory evacuation from Hurricane Ike. We were released from work on Thursday, September 12 and were later informed that we could not return to work until Monday, September 22. Apparently, my employer's contract with this federal agency does not include paying me for lost time due to mandatory hurricane evacuation.
My question is this:
My employer has forced me to use all of my vacation time to fill the work hours lost during the hurricane. This made me absolutely LIVID. I have earned and accrued my vacation time to be spent on VACATION, not EVACUATION, with my husband and children. Can my employer, legally, to force me to use my vacation time for mandatory hurricane evacuation? Or do I have the legal right to refuse this and simply take the time without pay?
Thank you,
A very frustrated employee