If I quit my job on payday with a negative PTO balance, will I have to pay it back?
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If I quit my job on payday with a negative PTO balance, will I have to pay it back?
Asked on June 16, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
This depends on the company's policy, since the law does not set a single answer. If the company's policy has been, and/or was stated to you before you "borrowed" PTO time (or is in the employee handbook) that a negative PTO balance has to be repaid, it would have to be repaid--that is perfectly legal. If the company does not require or historically has not required employees to repay PTO (and did not announce any change to such a historical policy), you would not have to repay.
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