Is it legal for your employer to ask for specific details for time off requests?
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Is it legal for your employer to ask for specific details for time off requests?
The owner/manager of the business I work for constantly pries into every vacation request I make and requires that we give her details of where we are going, what we are doing and who we are doing things with, when giving vacation requests. Is that legal? I do not feel as though I should have to tell her anything other than the days that I need off, especially since I am a part time employee and do not get paid vacation days.
Asked on November 30, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Most employment arrangments are what is known as "at will". This means that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes inquiring, in detail, about your vacation time. In fact, since such time is not legally mandated, and so is provided at an employer's discretion, they have a great deal of say over its use. Bottom line, unless this action violates the terms of an employment contract/union agreement or constitutes some form of actionable discrimination/retaliation, it is perfectly permissable.
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