So I have an employee that quit, we give 1 day a month paid personal time off. At the time of the employees leaving he had aqured 3 days off.To round off the pay period he left 2 days before the end of the month. My Sec. paid him for his last two weeks which covered 2 of the 3 days. He called today and wanted paid for his last day. He also thinks he should get another day, because he would have another month. I said to go ahead and pay him for his 3rd day but not to pay him a fourth day, because he did not work a full month , he quit. So I am goig to tell him that since he is moving to a competitor they should pay him an extra day to make up for the day he lost for switching jobs What do you think? Craig}(

You're in an interesting position.

He owes you a weeks' notice. Which is what you would legally have had to give him, had you fired him.

Of course, I would tell him that. In fact, since he's moving to a competitor, you should go after the week's notice anyway. The guy's got a nerve.

Don't pay him for the fourth day and tell him if he thinks he really deserves this extra day, that you can see him in court where you'll be countering by asking the judge for the 5 days he owes you.

Betcha he disappears really quickly.

I would also implement a policy going forward that in order to be paid for the accumulated days, the employee must work the entire month.

T


>So I have an employee that quit, we give 1 day a month paid
>personal time off. At the time of the employees leaving he had
>aqured 3 days off.To round off the pay period he left 2 days
>before the end of the month. My Sec. paid him for his last two
>weeks which covered 2 of the 3 days. He called today and
>wanted paid for his last day. He also thinks he should get
>another day, because he would have another month. I said to go
>ahead and pay him for his 3rd day but not to pay him a fourth
>day, because he did not work a full month , he quit. So I am
>goig to tell him that since he is moving to a competitor they
>should pay him an extra day to make up for the day he lost for
>switching jobs What do you think? Craig}(


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>So I have an employee that quit, we give 1 day a month paid
>personal time off. At the time of the employees leaving he had
>aqured 3 days off.To round off the pay period he left 2 days
>before the end of the month. My Sec. paid him for his last two
>weeks which covered 2 of the 3 days. He called today and
>wanted paid for his last day. He also thinks he should get
>another day, because he would have another month. I said to go
>ahead and pay him for his 3rd day but not to pay him a fourth
>day, because he did not work a full month , he quit. So I am
>goig to tell him that since he is moving to a competitor they
>should pay him an extra day to make up for the day he lost for
>switching jobs What do you think? Craig}(


I'm an HR professional and this has nothing to do with the type of business that you have and everything to do with you established company policy. Most companies do not pay people upon their termination for Personal Time Off (PTO). That is a benefit not an entitlement. By law in most states, you are only required to pay people at termination for time worked and accrued vacation time - not PTO. So if your policies are clear about that, I would not even pay for the PTO accrued. That is to be used when a person is still employed not when they leave as though it were some kind of bank.

Sheila