Here is a list of Ohio cases on the issue of whether an
Ohio employer must pay accrued but unused vacation when an employee quits or is fired. To preview, an Ohio employer is not required by law to give its employees any vacation, holiday or paid time off. Therefore, when an employer provides paid vacation, it can establish the rules under which employees receive that benefit. If the employer's rule is that the employee must use the vacation or lose it, then the employee must use it or lose it. If the rules for vacation pay are not stated in a policy or handbook, they can be shown by the employer’s consistent past practice.
