Vacation policy discrimination

Can an employer terminate an exempt employee, yet still keep him on payroll with full salary and bonus, telling other exempt ees that he is "on vacation" until we can find something he can do from home. Allow "pto" of full salary and bonus continue for 2 months and still going, yet let another WORKING femal exempt employee take unpaid leave because they exhausted their pto for surgery??

2 answers  |  asked Aug 16, 2016 4:49 PM [EST]  |  applies to Florida

Answers (2)

Arthur Schofield
Employer sure can, but if the reason it is treating the female employee less favorable is in fact because she is a female she may have a gender discrimination claim.

posted by Arthur Schofield  |  Aug 17, 2016 11:36 AM [EST]
Arthur Schofield
Employer sure can.

posted by Arthur Schofield  |  Aug 17, 2016 11:33 AM [EST]

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