Rogge Dunn was recently interviewed during a KPRC2 Houston news segment on if employers can force you to use PTO for time they were closed/without power due to Hurricane Beryl? Click link below for recap of the interview and to watch a video of the news segment.
After Hurricane Beryl one viewer asked “Can employers force you to use paid time off for time they were closed and without power due to Hurricane Beryl?”
We took that question to employment attorney Rogge Dunn, with the Rogge Dunn Group.
“For exempt employees, so not hourly workers. Yes, employers can say that you have to use PTO. Sick leave. Whatever they call that PTO time. Even if the business was closed, they can force you to use PTO,” explains Dunn. “If the employer is open for any portion of a week, then the employer has to pay the exempt employees for the full week.”
Dunn highly recommends that people set up direct deposit so if a company is closed they can still send you a paycheck.
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