Sage Wright
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- California
Is it legal for my employer to force staff to use vacation/sick leave after cutting hours due to COVID-19 outbreak? I work in an optometrist office as an Administrative Assistant. My job primarily consists of ordering glasses and billing insurance companies. The doctor has made the decision to close the office to routine exams and other services and will only be addressing emergency situations. Seeing as we will not be seeing patients My work flow will come to a halt. I will still be working 1 or 2 days a week doing front office work. The doctor announced that we will be forced to use up our vacation/sick leave to get paid for days we are not in the office but this will exhaust all my PTO, leaving me with no option but to take un-paid days off for future appointments for the rest of the year. I would like to know what my options are going to get paid from here on out and if it is legal for my employer to force me to use my PTO for this reason.