Vacation pay help

nichole

I have an employee who has been put on Involuntary leave of absence since 2/22/02 due to the lack of work at our facility. His 3 year anniversary was 3/5/02. We have planned to ask him to return to work but he has eluded to his co-workers that he will come back only to terminate his employment and receive his vacation pay. My question is, doesn't he have to be back from the leave of absence a certain amount of time before he can get his vacation? or did he still earn that time while he was out on leave. I have heard so many different scenarios and I am stuck!

Terry

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 03-27-02 AT 03:42PM (CST)[/font][p]This depends on how your vacation policy is worded, if you have one. If you don't then you could be stuck.

Ruskanen

If you don't have clear wording in your policy, you can always weigh the cost of his vacation pay versus the cost of a legal battle if you don't pay it. Then I would recommend that you reword your policy to clarify if benefits still accrue while on leave.