When can an employer require that you lose your vacation pay? The answer is usually never.
Under California vacation pay labor law, when a worker leaves his or her employment, all vested vacation pay must be paid out at the final rate of pay in accordance with the employer’s vacation policies. Along these same lines, an employer cannot have a “use-it-or-lose-it” policy under which an employee forfeits accrued vacation time if not used by the anniversary date. On the other hand, an employer can cap or limit the amount of vacation time accrued.
Some employers can skirt the strict California laws on vacations by establishing a funded vacation plan under the federal ERISA laws. However, some of these employers do not have vacation plans that comport with the requirements of ERISA, and therefore they are in blatant violation of ERISA law. Obviously, an employee would need the assistance of a labor attorney to determine the official ERISA status of an employer.
If you need experienced representation by a California labor attorney who knows the vacation pay laws, please contact Mr. Kaufman at 818-990-1999 or Email him here.
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