Legal Question in Employment Law in California
My company was recently acquired and I will be leaving soon. The
company offers VACATION, FLOATING HOLIDAYS and PAID DAYS OFF. The PDO
policy lists specific reasons it can be used (bereavement, estate
settlement, family, medical primarily). As I understand if the policy
ties PDO to specific events then it is NOT payable at termination?
Through the California EDD website I've tried to read up on vacation
policy examples and also Floating Holiday policy. I've read that
these two items are treated the same and are paid out at termination?
Looking for clarification on what IS and IS NOT payable at termination in california.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You are correct that unused vacation is payable at termination, and your PDO are not. If the "floating holidays" are not restricted, then they should be treated as vacation days. It would, however, require a review of the company policy to be certain.