My company's policy was 5 weeks of vacation after 15 years with the company. Now, after 14 years of employment, the policy has been changed to 4 weeks of vacation after 20 years. Shouldn't the long time employees be

My company's vacation policy has been 5 weeks of vacation after 15 years with the company. After 14 years of employment, the policy has been changed to 4 weeks of vacation after 20 years. Also, an employee discount for "life" was offered after 15 years of employment. That policy has also changed to availability at 20 years. It seems that the long time employees should be "grandfathered in" under the policy they have been working under for nearly 15 years. The original employee handbook does not state the discount policy or the vacation availability after years if employment. It only states when an employee can begin to accrue vacation time.

1 answer  |  asked Aug 31, 2015 10:04 AM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

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Arthur Schofield
Handbooks, unfortunately, are not enforceable as agreements or contracts in a court of law. Unless you have some type of an employment contract, such as a collective bargaining agreement, that covers these issues the employer is able to change them when it sees fit. Sure it is not what you wanted to hear, but hope it helps.

posted by Arthur Schofield  |  Aug 31, 2015 10:12 AM [EST]

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