Although an employee can use accrued vacation during the time of military service, an employer can not require an employee to
use accrued vacation time.
Under a traditional vacation policy, employees either
accrue vacation time over the course of the year, or start off the year with a bank of days that are owed to them.
Five NYPD officials who abruptly retired last year amid a corruption probe complain they were pressured into hanging it up, costing them tens of thousands of dollars
in accrued vacation time and overtime.
For example, it would be a reasonable accommodation to modify a policy requiring employees to schedule vacation time in advance if an otherwise qualified individual with a disability needed to use
accrued vacation time on an unscheduled basis because of disability - related medical problems, barring undue hardship.
Generally «vested» benefits
like accrued vacation time or pension balances are treated like the property of the employee: They can not be unilaterally reduced by the employer.
«Larry is using
accrued vacation time.
Skeldon's official last day will be January 31st, 2010 — however, most of that time will be using some of
his accrued vacation time.
Vacation time and final paycheck: If your employee has
accrued vacation time, chances are you're required to pay them for what they've accrued.
Some will also allow you to cash out
accrued vacation time and will pay for insurance coverage for the time frame of the package.
In most cases, there are no potentially thorny issues of severance pay or
accrued vacation time to work through.