Jackson Lewis: Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Paid Time Off Accruals Are Wages Due Terminating Employees | Practical Law

Jackson Lewis: Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Paid Time Off Accruals Are Wages Due Terminating Employees | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Nebraska Supreme Court's May 3, 2013 holding in Fisher v. PayFlex Systems, USA, Inc. and Norton v. PayFlex Systems, USA, Inc. that employers must pay terminating employees their unused paid time off (PTO) hours when leaving employment. Under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, an employer must pay terminating employees their earned but unused vacation leave. Since PTO hours are indistinguishable from earned vacation time under the Act, the court held employers must also pay PTO hours to terminating employees.

Jackson Lewis: Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Paid Time Off Accruals Are Wages Due Terminating Employees

by Jackson Lewis LLP
Published on 06 May 2013 • Nebraska, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses the Nebraska Supreme Court's May 3, 2013 holding in Fisher v. PayFlex Systems, USA, Inc. and Norton v. PayFlex Systems, USA, Inc. that employers must pay terminating employees their unused paid time off (PTO) hours when leaving employment. Under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, an employer must pay terminating employees their earned but unused vacation leave. Since PTO hours are indistinguishable from earned vacation time under the Act, the court held employers must also pay PTO hours to terminating employees.
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