Stranded Employees

awilliams

I was wondering what, if anything, different employers have done about charging days off to employees who were stranded due to the airport shut down last week. For instance, if you had an employee who was travelling on business and was unable to make it back to the office, or home, for a few days, how did you treat those days for payroll purposes? Was the employee charged vacation time or did you pay the employee regular pay during that time? What if the employee was travelling on pleasure and was stranded? Did the purpose of the trip make a difference?

Thanks for your replies.

Anne Williams
Attorney Editor
M. Lee Smith Publishers, LLC

System

We had a couple employees stranded in Vegas, (of all places!), and they had been there to attend a trade show that we sent them to for business, so we paid them their regular pay for all their missed time. We did not have any employees on vacation, but if we did I don't believe we would have paid them regular pay other than putting in vacation/p.days etc. at their request.

Ana