I am a salary excempt employee and was deducted 2 days on my last check. The office was closed on the 4th of July which was Friday. On July 3 that night I called my boss and told her that I would be unalbe to come in on Monday due to a family emergancy she that was "fine not to worry". When I got my check it was short 2 days. I questioned her and she said I was not paid on the 4th and on that Monday because I had not gotten prior approval to be off. Apearently if you miss the day before or after the holiday you do not get paid. HELP my check was short about $300 because of this. I thought if you are salary then your pay check is always a set amount.

Nope, Companies can dock for days not worked if that is the stated policy.

It depends on company policy. Many have rules that state that if you do not work the day before or after a holiday without having it be scheduled time off, they will deduct the days' pay. Now, if you have some way of proving that your "family emergency" was real (doctor's note, lawyer's bill, etc.), you may be able to talk to HR about it, and see if they would apply the regular rules to it (take it out of sick time, etc.) Sometimes there are emergencies after holidays, after all.

I've had the same thing happen to me and I was salaried. If you don't work the day before a holiday and the day after the holiday you don't get paid for the holiday. It's a company policy that I've run into several times before so it's nothing new to me.

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You are obviously an HOURLY worker whose employer is lying to them about their salary. That's OK. Just be aware of it. The next time they want you to work over 40 hours (because that's what salaried employees do), remind them of THIS incident. Tell them that you'll be happy to work overtime if you're paid time and a half for it.

excon

Actually, excon, many companies have this policy, for both hourly and exempt employees. The idea is to stop employees from extending holiday weekends by being "sick" or having bogus "emergencies". All the ones I have worked at have had it. If you ask to take the day off, and schedule it with your department, there's no problem. If you just call in the day after the vacation "sick", then they will demand some sort of proof, or else they won't pay you. This is all explained in the employee orientation, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.