If our company is cutting costs so it is reducing our hours to about 27-32 a week but I have a lot of PTO, can I use it to make up for the lost time?
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If our company is cutting costs so it is reducing our hours to about 27-32 a week but I have a lot of PTO, can I use it to make up for the lost time?
Is this allowed? They even told us the other day that we started the year with 80 hours. holiday, etc. and that 5 of those days we would lose at end of year if we didn’t use them.
Asked on February 4, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Oklahoma
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Legally, it is allowed: the law would permit you to use PTO to make up or offset time. However, it is not required by the law that the company let you do this: companies may set their own PTO policies, and it is legal to have a policy that PTO may only be used to take time off, not to supplement hours. So you need to discuss this with management and/or HR and see what you can work out. If the company agrees, it's permissible.
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