All Accenture peeps angry about forced PTO. What you should really be worried about is how bad our first quarter has been to warrant Julie to mandate forced PTO....

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Hr/payroll industry background here. This practice really doesn’t seem legal, but I can find any case law to support that vibe. You’re paid a salary and you’re doing what your employer currently has you assigned to do. As far as I see it, there’s no reason you should have to take your PTO even if you’re unassigned. Office closure or not.

Just because other businesses do it doesn’t make it right. You should see how many companies get fined for FLSA and other wage and hour law violations each year.

I’d seriously consider calling your ethics hotline and maybe even an attorney about a class action. Sometimes employers need reminders they can’t just take stuff from their people.

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This was only for people who would otherwise be sitting on the bench not going into the office (because they’re closed) - not saying we are, or are not having a stellar first quarter, but would love to better understand how it makes sense to allow people to charge hours to unassigned time and have nothing to show for it other than 3 days they would get to keep in their PTO bank. Give me a break.

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BUT MY PTO AND INDEPENDENCE /s. Businesses do this all the time. Only in consulting do I see this much belly-aching

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