May we deduct from an exempt employee's salary when they have no paid time off accrued and take off a partial day for illness or vacation?

Q&As

• What would be the advantage of changing a nonexempt employee from an hourly rate to a monthly salary?
• If my employees work an alternative workweek of four 10-hour shifts, how much paid sick leave must I allow my employees to use each year?
• Can we assign vacation time to employees who do not sign up to take vacation?
• Can we avoid cashing out unused vacation on termination?​
• Can an employer buy back vacation or PTO hours at less than full value from California-based employees?
• Can we change our vacation policies as a result of the employees not using their time?
• How do we calculate vacation pay for our commission-only, outside sales staff?
• Can we choose not to limit the use of paid sick leave during an employee’s first 90 days of employment?
• What should I do when Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day fall on Saturday and Sunday?
• Can I classify an employee who works only part-time as exempt?
• What do I need to do to comply with California’s paid sick leave law?
• Does an employee continue to accrue vacation time while on pregnancy disability leave?
• How do I correct underpaying an exempt employee their required minimum salary?
• Can I only deduct increments of four or more hours from an exempt employee’s paid time off bank for a partial day’s absence?
• May I make deductions from an exempt employee's salary?
• Can we have different vacation policies for different worksites and different groups in the same office?
• If my employee earns more than $100,000 per year, are they exempt from overtime?
• Will all employees earn the full amount of paid sick leave each year no matter how many or how few hours they work?
• Must I allow an employee to use sick time when their children are sick?
• If an employee is terminated before completing a 90-day probationary period, do we have to pay accrued vacation?
• How does an employer’s closing, sale or bankruptcy affect final pay for accrued and unused vacation?
• What does it mean to be exempt?
• I would like to know if our exempt employees are required to take a meal break in the same manner as hourly/nonexempt employees?
• Can exempt employees be required to work specific hours?
• When an existing employee changes jobs or classifications within a company, can we impose the paid sick leave waiting period?
• Can we furlough employees for only a day or two per week?
• How robust should our holiday policy be?
• What must I pay employees during a holiday shutdown?
• An hourly, non-exempt employee whose duties may make him eligible to be classified as an exempt administrative employee, is demanding to be classified as exempt. Are we required to change his classification?
• How does kin care relate to the mandatory sick leave law?
• Do I have to grant an employee time off to care for a neighbor?
• May nonexempt employees volunteer for extra hours without pay?
• Can I let an employee who is out of vacation time use sick leave to take time off for a trip?
• Does an ownership change require a vacation payout?
• Do I have to pay an employee who is leaving for unused sick and/or vacation time?
• Must I pay an exempt employee who worked during their vacation?
• Can I pay outside salespeople a salary instead of a commission and follow the minimum salary rules for exempt employees?
• Must I pay overtime on hours an employee is paid for time off such as vacations, holidays and sick time?
• How do I pay sick leave under California’s paid sick leave law when an employee has more than one rate of pay?
• Are personal days or floating holidays considered accrued vacation payable at termination?
• Can we have a policy requiring employees to work the day before and after a holiday to receive pay for not working on the holiday?
• Can I provide more paid sick leave to some employees and not others?
• What is a PTO policy?
• If we have a PTO policy, do we have to track mandatory paid sick leave time separately from other reasons for time off?
• If I put an employee on salary, are they exempt from overtime?
• Am I required to limit the use of an employee’s paid sick leave under California's paid sick leave law?
• Am I required to pay for travel time, and if so can I pay it at a lower rate?
• Am I required to provide paid vacation time to employees?
• Am I required to provide sick leave for employees?
• Can I require employees to use vacation or forfeit it?
• Can I require that employees take vacation time only after they've earned it?
• Can I require employees to work on a holiday and how do I pay them?
• Can I require an employee to use accrued paid vacation time before taking unpaid time off?
• What are the requirements for the computer professional exemption?
• What are the requirements for a salesperson to be exempt?
• What are the time limits and criteria applicable to a vacation earnings cap?
• If my employee used all their sick leave but still calls out sick and returns with a doctor’s note, can I discipline them for missing too much work?
• Does vacation pay accrue during a layoff period?
• Can I wait for a period of time before an employee starts earning vacation?