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California Labor Laws Vacations
In many states we are all entitled to a set amount of days per year in which we can take off work; this doesn’t apply to sick days although some workers do take a day or a couple of days off from their job and use their allocated vacation time for this if they are not well enough to work. However, when it comes to vacation pay and time off, the California labor laws can be quite strict and there is no legislation within the state that forces employers to pay their employee’s for vacation time or stipulates that they are even legally entitled to a set amount of days.Flabor That being said, the law in California does mean that if you and the employer have agreed upon any form of vacation pay beforehand (in contract negotiations perhaps) then they are legally bound to pay you. This also applies to vacation time off. Basically, under the law in California, vacation days (if your company or employer contractually offers them) are a form of wages; if you are offered 20 days off per year then your work over month equals around 1.6 days off for vacation. So, under the California labor laws, vacation time is essentially earned in the same way as wages.
Furthermore, this vacation time has to carry on to the next year; so if you only took 15 days of your accumulated 20 vacation days off, then you will have a surplus of 5 that can be carried into the next year. Any ‘use it or lose it’ policy that a company may operate within California is illegal and you can pursue legal action to rectify it. Your employer can issue a cap on the number of days you can accrue however, under the laws in California that relate to workers rights, there are some very strict rules in place in relation to limiting the amount of vacation days that you have amassed.
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