Hi I work in private sector in Florida. My bosses decided to have all employees currently employed pay back negative PTO (they had already paid them) They looked at the past year, and unilaterally decided they were going to deduct the time in increments f

I work in private sector. We have a handbook that clearly states how much time everyone has for PTO. Company policy states that you notify your supervisor and boss to request time off. They approve the time and then it is deducted from PTO. However, they also allow you to go negative. This year, my bosses decided that they wanted their money back for negative PTO and unilaterally started deducting 10 hours per pay period. They did not notify anyone, just deducted, and sent email after the fact. These employees are all still employed and were never notified. It seems strange that your employer would let you go negative in years past, would pay you, and now decide to say "hey, we paid you for all of last year, but we want our money back. You would think they would have told the employees at the time. I know Florida is pretty liberal, so I am not sure if this is legal? Please clarify.