What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
For years, I received 10 vacation days and 10 sick days. I was able to bank up to 20 hours of sick days over the years which was the cap allowed.
Recently, my employer switched to PTO in July. I now get 15 days a year and sick days/vacation/personal days, etc. all fall under PTO.
Unused PTO, up to five days, can be transferred to the next year but only for one year. Then, we all reset to 15 PTO days.
We were told we were still allowed to use our accrued sick bank days but only after all PTO has been used.
Many of us are very upset with this as these hours were earned when our policy was under the prior employee handbook.
Using our sick days now becomes very challenging. Unless someone has a major illness/accident, it's unlikely they'll get used. We feel we've basically had 20 days of pay taken from us.
Is this legal? I know companies don't have to give sick days but we're talking about sick days already acquired.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
For years, I received 10 vacation days and 10 sick days. I was able to bank up to 20 hours of sick days over the years which was the cap allowed.
Recently, my employer switched to PTO in July. I now get 15 days a year and sick days/vacation/personal days, etc. all fall under PTO.
Unused PTO, up to five days, can be transferred to the next year but only for one year. Then, we all reset to 15 PTO days.
We were told we were still allowed to use our accrued sick bank days but only after all PTO has been used.
Many of us are very upset with this as these hours were earned when our policy was under the prior employee handbook.
Using our sick days now becomes very challenging. Unless someone has a major illness/accident, it's unlikely they'll get used. We feel we've basically had 20 days of pay taken from us.
Is this legal? I know companies don't have to give sick days but we're talking about sick days already acquired.
Thanks for any advice in advance.