Help Wanted: Getting pay for accrued vacation
Quick ReadIs it legal for the company essentially to put up roadblocks to employees using vacation time?
Photo credit: Getty Images | Drivers traveling for work-related events may be able to claim the unpaid costs as an expense on income taxes. (Jan. 3, 2012)
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
DEAR CARRIE: I work for a private company. Recently it put into effect a policy that limits employees to 50 days of accrued vacation at any given time. Employees must either use the excess days or sell them to remain under the 50-day cap. The problem is that when some of us try to use the time, the company tells us that because of workload constraints we cannot take time off. Trying to sell the...
