Salaried Deducted sick pay because sick day after holiday

[Zywave]

Illinois.
My company deducted the Holiday pay from my check because I called in Sick the day after a holiday. I am a salaried exempt employee, can they do this? It is in the handbook, but because I am an exempt salaried employee, does this apply to me? Seems quite childish to me. Our company is very small and they could just fire those who abuse taking off after a holiday, but I was sick. Did they really want me to come in to not miss pay and get everone else sick or make me more sick cause I had to go to work.

Please help!

 

[cbg]

An exempt employee can only have their salary docked in the following situations:

1.) It is the first or last week of employment and you did not work the full week
2.) You are on FMLA
3.) Your employer offers a reasonable number of paid sick days, and you call in sick at a time when you have either used all the time you have available or you are not yet eligible for any
4.) You take a full day off for personal reasons
5.) You were suspended for a major safety violation
6.) You were suspended for the violation of a written company policy which applies to all employees and which relates to workplace conduct.

So you cannot have you pay deducted for a holiday. However, under #3 above, it is possible that you could legally have your pay deducted for the sick day.