Docking 1/2 day PTO for Exempt

KCHR

Have read a number of posts and have seen two distinct schools of thought on charging an exempt employee a 1/2 day of Paid Time Off when said exempt employee works less than 4 hours in a day. The first stance is that charging a PTO account of an exempt employee for anything less than 1 full day is tantamount to treating them like non-exempt staff, which raises plenty of consequences. The second stance is that docking 1/2 days is O.K. as long as the policy is communicated clearly to the exempt staff. Which school is right?

Irie

You can dock the PTO bank of an exempt employee for a half day's absence if that is your policy--you just can't dock their pay. Do a search of this forum. This topic has been discussed at great length.

LarryC

Irie has it right.

njjel

You can dock their sick bank until it is exhausted BUT if they work any part of a day and they have no sick bank or other bank of time left, you must pay them for the full day. You may NOT dock their pay.

KCHR

Thanks for the feedback! Looks like the part I was confused about was whether or not an exempt employee had PTO left.