What is the name of your state? AZ
Our employer has just sent out notice that we are forbidden to take vacation the last day of any month unless we have already met our sales quota.
We are exempt employees but are they allowed to restrict our time off because they are unable to meet the sales quota's that they have set and they are unable to properly staff their company ?
The handbook states: Non-exempt Team Members may use PTO in half-hour increments, except that each occurrence of PTO is a minimum of one hour. Exempt Team Members may use PTO in half-day or full-day increments. PTO is entered in Kronos. A maximum of 5 consecutive PTO days may be scheduled at one time. For days in excess of this amount, Team Members must seek pre-approval from their manager. All Team Members request PTO no less than 5 business days prior to the requested day(s) of absence. Managers utilize their discretion when approving or denying PTO requests.
Can they limit our ability to take our PTO by 25% based on sales performance?
It should also be noted that the businesses that we manage used to be staffed by 6-7 ppl 2 years ago. Over the past 2 years, they continue to cut staff and we now have 4ppl (including the manager). We are busier now than 2 years ago and have been stripped from 7 ppl to 4 ppl. I have not taken a full 1 hour lunch more than 3 times in the past 2 years. 98% of the time, I take 15 minutes at my desk to eat a sandwich while responding to company emails.
Thanks.
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Our employer has just sent out notice that we are forbidden to take vacation the last day of any month unless we have already met our sales quota.
We are exempt employees but are they allowed to restrict our time off because they are unable to meet the sales quota's that they have set and they are unable to properly staff their company ?
The handbook states: Non-exempt Team Members may use PTO in half-hour increments, except that each occurrence of PTO is a minimum of one hour. Exempt Team Members may use PTO in half-day or full-day increments. PTO is entered in Kronos. A maximum of 5 consecutive PTO days may be scheduled at one time. For days in excess of this amount, Team Members must seek pre-approval from their manager. All Team Members request PTO no less than 5 business days prior to the requested day(s) of absence. Managers utilize their discretion when approving or denying PTO requests.
Can they limit our ability to take our PTO by 25% based on sales performance?
It should also be noted that the businesses that we manage used to be staffed by 6-7 ppl 2 years ago. Over the past 2 years, they continue to cut staff and we now have 4ppl (including the manager). We are busier now than 2 years ago and have been stripped from 7 ppl to 4 ppl. I have not taken a full 1 hour lunch more than 3 times in the past 2 years. 98% of the time, I take 15 minutes at my desk to eat a sandwich while responding to company emails.
Thanks.
Abused
