California Employer LAWlert: FORCED USE OF VACATION FOUND TO VIOLATE THE NO ‘USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT’ PROVISION OF CALIFORNIA LAW
Recently the 2nd District Court of Appeals ruled against Lexmark International, Inc., that its vacation policy violated California Labor Code Section 227.3 which states in pertinent part that an employer’s vacation policy “shall not provide for forfeiture of vested vacation time” and awarded plaintiffs $13 million. Under California law and as affirmed by the court, …