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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by mlboss on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:21PM (#28557795)
In California PTO is considered part of salary. You either take the vacation or else company will pay you the vacation days or all your days will be rolled over to next year.

Thats why most of the companies in Bay Area have unlimited PTO to bypass this law.

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Re:Atlassian fired me while I was taking care of my wife who... by kstrauser on Thursday September 16, 2021 @08:36PM (#28559658)
CA allows employers to put a cap on accrued vacation. See https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_Vacation.htm

> Q. My employer's vacation policy provides that once an employee earns 200 hours of vacation, no more vacation may be earned (accrued) until the vacation balance falls below that level. Is this legal?

> A. Yes, [and a bunch of examples]

They're only required to cash out your vacation at the end of your employment, and rolling over vacation isn't really a thing because you accrue it incrementally with each paycheck. See "Q. How is vacation earned?" in that link for more info.

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