Legal Question in Employment Law in District of Columbia

Mandated use of Paid Time Off

My company contracts with the Federal Government and is closing the office when the clients are off on Dec 26 and Jan 20. Rather than paying employee salary from the Overhead account, my company is charging every employee 8 hours of vacation time. Is this legal? Since I am a salaried employee, my salary is being reduced by 16 hours because I am forced to take vacation when I don't want to.


Asked on 12/18/08, 5:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Mandated use of Paid Time Off

As far as I am aware, under DC law there is no requirement that employers(even those contrated with the federal government)provide their employees with paid vacation time, and, consequently, if a particular employer wishes to impose the particular requirement which you've described upon its employees(for whatever reason), I see nothing improper nor "illegal" about it.

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Answered on 12/19/08, 9:55 am


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