I get paid every two weeks. On my last pay stub my vacation hours totaled 39.91 hours. I have worked two additional weeks and have earned more 14 more hours but it will not be reflected on the "books" until the next payroll run. I am scheduled to take a week off next week and am being told that even though I have enough earned vacation time, I cannot take the whole week because my time on the books is not 40 hours. Is this legal in Indiana?

Vacation time on the books is what you get assuming you work the entire year. Earned vacation time is a prorated number based on the time you have worked that year thus far.

For simplicity... lets assume you have 12 days vacation... in the next week it's the end of march. You will have earned 3 days vacation as of the end of march. If you took all 12 days in march... then quit... you would actually owe them the other 9 days paid to you as they were not yet earned for the year.

Vacation time on the books is what you get assuming you work the entire year. Earned vacation time is a prorated number based on the time you have worked that year thus far.

For simplicity... lets assume you have 12 days vacation... in the next week it's the end of march. You will have earned 3 days vacation as of the end of march. If you took all 12 days in march... then quit... you would actually owe them the other 9 days paid to you as they were not yet earned for the year.


That is it "In The Nut Shell". Slice it, Dice it, or whatever that is right.

... Is this legal in Indiana?
You do know that normally there are no laws requiring your employer to give you any vacation time? It is purely a matter of contract.

I'm fairly certain that Indiana doesn't have a law prohibiting your employer from doing it this way. So it will depend upon the terms of your employment contract, if you have one. Otherwise, yes it is OK.