Deducting exempts
EJennieS
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"If an exempt employee is absent from work for one or more full days for sickness or disability, you can deuct from pay in accordance with a bona fide plan, policy, or practice of providing compensation for loss of salary occasioned by such sickness or disability."
1)We don't have a sick day policy; (2)we have a disability plan which pays on the 8th day of sickness. Does this constitute a bona fide plan even though the first 7 days would be unpaid?
1)We don't have a sick day policy; (2)we have a disability plan which pays on the 8th day of sickness. Does this constitute a bona fide plan even though the first 7 days would be unpaid?
Comments
Where is the source of the italicized sentence?
What have you done in the past?
If it has never happened before (not sure how that is possible unless you are new company) you can either pay the employee as if he/she were at work (might not want to set that precedence), or you can deduct a full day's salary for a full day's absence unless the italiciized sentence came form your policy manual -- in which case you should inform your supervisor that the policy, as written, does not cover all scenarios.