Legal Question in Employment Law in Washington

Employment Policies

We have had a policy for ''Comp Time'' which was for salaried associates. For all the hours you worked over 45 you would receive hour fopr hour comp time that you could use for taking time off, not for cashing out. We as salary associates had to swipe in daily to keep track of our hours. When we took time off we would request to use our comp time to pay for it. It had to be approved by our Manager and there was a process for keeping track of the hours you have earned. Our management recently stopped Comp Time, all the hours that we had earned were gone. We were not given prior notice. They stated that Comp Time was nevere an official policy in writting so they abolished it. My question is this: If we have been doing this for 5 years and there were procedures for this does that make it policy?


Asked on 1/24/04, 1:51 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Matthew King Wershow & Ritter, Inc. P.S.

Re: Employment Policies

It depends on your contract. If your employment contract allows for company policy to dictate comp time, then it likely is policy. However, the contract might also allow the employer to change policy without notice to employees.

I recommend you contact an employment attorney in your local area to discuss the specifics of your case.

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Answered on 1/26/04, 10:22 am


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