BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffers

Re:BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all la... by hannasanarion on Monday January 28, 2019 @01:38PM (#19019868)

Right right. Should've read more carefully.

For completeness's sake, there are 38 states with an "implied contract exception" to at-will employment, where statements in the employee handbook would count as implied contract and be binding, but Florida is not one of them.

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Re:BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all la... by gamblor956 on Monday January 28, 2019 @05:25PM (#19021641)

This is where arm-chair lawyering is dangerous.

The statements in an employee handbook can be binding on the employer, but never the employee. This is well-settled case law in the US. (Whether it is actually binding depends on the specific language used, so I edited my comment from "is" to "can be".)

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