I live in Maryland. I am a new employee (February 9) with a company that has a contract with the government. My office is in a Government building, and my supervisor is in another city in a private office. The day after President's day, we had a storm. The government office closed and she closed her office. She reduced my pay and said that since I did not have accrued vacation time, it was "leave without pay". She called it liberal leave. I would agree, if there was an office somewhere open to work in, and I chose to stay home. We are expecting another storm tomorrow, and I now have 3 hours of accrued vacation. I am anticipating that when the government and our project office close, I will lose my few vacation hours and again be docked for the remainder. It is my understanding that if I do not have vacation time, it is not legal for her to not pay me. I am a salaried employee. If that is the case, should I speak to her about it. I am new, and I don't want to create a reputation for myself as a grumbler or troublemaker. However, this will be the second day this month I won't be paid.

If the office closes early, you have to be paid for the day if you showed up. As a salaried employee, you cannot be docked for less than a day. If the office closes before work starts, then you could be forced to take accrued time off.

You must take vaction time (or sick time) or lose the day pay, The idea and concept of salary is not what it used to be. You have to work over, with no extra pay, but if you miss work, they can deduct that for full days.

So yes, they may take the money out (unless you have other wording in your contract) for the full day.