Salaried employee and vacation usage

[sillygrover17]

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

I am a retail manager. I get paid a salary. The required work week is 44 hours. (Of course it is frowned upon to only do the minimum-reminds me of flair requirements in Office Space!) So, I took a vacation. I was gone half of last week and the first three days of this week.

I am working 40 hours (scheduled, schedule submitted weeks in advance) this week. I was told today that I still have to take 9 vacation hours because I am only working 4 days this week.

Is this correct or is my District Manager just making this up? It seems as though I would only be required to utilize the vacation time to meet my obligation to earn my salary.

 

[swalsh411]

It is not illegal to make you use your leave time as you are describing. If you feel your manager is being unfair, speak to HR, but this is a policy issue.

 

[pattytx]

Agree with swalsh. You miss a 9-hour day, you use 9 hours of vacation. Perfectly legal.

 

[cbg]

The law does not address how vacation time is used. It is entirely an internal matter.

 

[sillygrover17]

Thank-you.

Thank you all for the responses!