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How many hours, are on average, for one days worth of paid vacation under Colorado State laws?
This is a matter of company policy, rather than employment laws. Usually, the answer depends upon the employees normal work schedule. The best practice in HR is to pay an employee for the number of hours that he or she is usually scheduled. Suppose Suzie normally works 6 hours per day. She uses 3 days of vacation. Suzie would normally be paid for 18 hours of vacation.
When an employees schedule varies, the employee is paid for the average number of hours worked daily over the last 3 to 12 months. Rene works a flexible schedule, anywhere from 3 to 9 hours. He has averaged 5.25 hours per day over the past year. When Rene takes a day of vacation, he is paid for 5.25 hours.
However, most companies have a policy in place that an employee cannot use vacation time in excess of 8 hours per day, regardless of how many hours they normally work. Suppose Tina normally works 12 hours per day. She takes 2 days of vacation. Tina will be paid for 16 hours of vacation.
Most companies also do not permit employees to use vacation time if that results in them being paid for a total of more than 40 hours in the payroll week.
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August 4th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I was wondering if Colorado has a law about paid vacation. My boss has been offering vacation time paid for the ones who work full time but is talking about taking all paid vacation away. So my question is- is paid vacation required in the state of colorado or can u work 40 hours a week and never get paid vacation? Also if she does decide to take it away does she need to pay us for what we already have earned?
August 4th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Hi amber! There is no law in Colorado or any other state that would require an employer to give paid vacation to workers. It is completely legal for an employee to work 40 hours per week and not receive any paid vacation.
However, the employer probably cannot take away vacation time that you have already earned without paying you for it. This is somewhat of a gray area, but earned, vested vacation (meaning vacation time that you could use now) is earned wages in Colorado. If you have 6 days of vacation today, your boss can decide that no one will earn any more vacation. However, she probably has to pay you for that 6 days of vacation, or allow you to use them. If she does not, you can file a wage complaint with the Colorado Division of Labor. HTH, and thanks for reading the blogs!~ Amelia
Read more about this at: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CDLE-LaborLaws/CDLE/1251566756291