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Commissioned employee & paid vacation

hrbankerhrbanker 243 Posts
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We have a few newly hired employees who are paid commission only. The problem is that when they were hired they were promised paid vacation. Does anyone have a policy of paying vacation or sick pay to commissioned employees?

I'm not sure what to base the pay on... draw against future commission that they will have to earn, average of their commissions for the last 90 days, some 'base' pay which they don't really get?

Any help would be appreciated. ...I'm still wondering how this one got by me!
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  • MKTMKT 15 Posts
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    Our 100% commissioned employees receive a draw against commissions earned in that same month the draw is paid. If they take vacation, they must "make up" for the time away or they owe us for the portion of the draw which they don't earn. In other words, they are still required to earn at least the amount of the draw regardless of how much time they are in or out of the office. I'm not sure this will help you in your situation as it doesn't seem like your commissioned employees are paid a draw.
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