Docking 1/2 day PTO for Exempt

KCHR · February 2006

Have read a number of posts and have seen two distinct schools of thought on charging an exempt employee a 1/2 day of Paid Time Off when said exempt employee works less than 4 hours in a day. The first stance is that charging a PTO account of an exempt employee for anything less than 1 full day is tantamount to treating them like non-exempt staff, which raises plenty of consequences. The second stance is that docking 1/2 days is O.K. as long as the policy is communicated clearly to the exempt staff. Which school is right?

Irie · February 2006

You can dock the PTO bank of an exempt employee for a half day's absence if that is your policy--you just can't dock their pay. Do a search of this forum. This topic has been discussed at great length.

LarryC · February 2006

Irie has it right.

njjel · February 2006

You can dock their sick bank until it is exhausted BUT if they work any part of a day and they have no sick bank or other bank of time left, you must pay them for the full day. You may NOT dock their pay.

KCHR · February 2006

Thanks for the feedback! Looks like the part I was confused about was whether or not an exempt employee had PTO left.

Docking 1/2 day PTO for Exempt

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