Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off”
by fatnoah on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @02:03PM
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My previous company recently changed PTO policies, and the result was that it depended on your state. My memory is a little fuzzy, but it basically went something like:
In some states, all PTO was immediately removed from the bank as of the change date and those folks immediately moved to unlimited.
In MA, removing accrued PTO wasn't possible, but it was possible to rewrite policy to disallow carryover from one year to another, so people MA stayed on the normal plan until Jan 1, at which point they'd have 0 PTO due to nothing carrying over and they'd be moved to unlimited.
In CA, neither option was allowed, so folks remained on the normal plan until Jan 1, and then were paid out for unused PTO and then moved to unlimited.
Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off”
by lumost on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:59PM
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MA requires PTO up to some number of days to be paid out.
Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off”
by convolvatron on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @02:11PM
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yeah, this isn't just generosity, this is a legal requirement that the 'all you can eat' policy is trying to avoid
Re:Microsoft Transitions U.S. FTEs to “Discretionary Time Off”
by AdamJacobMuller on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @02:09PM
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I guess this still applies even with an "unlimited" policy though.
> won't get paid out for remaining balances when they quit
You can just change the company handbook to say that unused PTO is not paid out, I don't think any state (fact-check me) requires you to pay out unused PTO (you're required to follow a policy fairly, so you must pay it out if the handbook says you pay it out)