The Law at Work: The Ins and Outs of Paid Vacation Time
As the holiday travel season and year’s end approach, SCMV shareholder Dan Eaton lays out the basics of California’s paid vacation rules and the recent wage-reporting change employers need to be aware of in his latest “The Law at Work” in The San Diego Union-Tribune.
The change: Employers will no longer be required to itemize the monetary value of accrued yet unused vacation wages on an employee’s pay stub. At least not until the vacation time is to be paid out. State law does require other compensation items to be listed on pay statements. Some include:
- Gross wages earned
- Hours worked
- Deductions
While California law doesn’t require private entities to offer paid time off, it does protect this type of employee earning while granting employers discretion when establishing vacation pay rules—such as how and when employees take vacation.
Click here to read Dan's full article.