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Vacation policy question
I work in California and my employer doesn’t have an employee manual. When I was
hired I was told we had an unlimited vacation policy and so none of the time off
we’d take was ever tracked. They now want to change the vacation policy. They
have started tracking our sick/personal time and vacation time but we have not
been told what the new vacation policy is. Is this legal?
Asked on March 29, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
There is no law in regards to vacation policy: it is up to each company to create any vacation policy it wants, and it may freely change this policy going forward on notice, from the moment it gives notice onward (unless that is, an employee has a contract setting his/her vacation; then the company must honor the contract). Companies can have no vacation, unlimited vacation, or anything in between, and are not locked into their initial policy forever; as stated, it is subject to change.
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