Exempt Employee Pay

[numberzerk]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois

I work for an employer that announced that their office would be closed for the day after Thanksgiving. They also announced that unless an employee requested vacation pay for that day, they wouldn't be paid. I didn't earn any vacation time up to that holiday so they deducted one day's pay from my paycheck. If I am an exempt salaried employee, can they force me to take the hit, even though I was forced to take the day off? They also plan on closing the office on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Can they do it to me again and again?

 

[Isis1]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois

I work for an employer that announced that their office would be closed for the day after Thanksgiving. They also announced that unless an employee requested vacation pay for that day, they wouldn't be paid. I didn't earn any vacation time up to that holiday so they deducted one day's pay from my paycheck. If I am an exempt salaried employee, can they force me to take the hit, even though I was forced to take the day off? They also plan on closing the office on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Can they do it to me again and again?

are you an exempt employee?

 

[ecmst12]

They CAN close the office and they CAN force you to use vacation time if you have any. But in this situation, they can't actually reduce your pay unless they close the office for the entire work week. When it is not your choice to take the day off, they can't reduce the pay of an exempt employee for only one day.