Posted 06-08-2011
Ann Kiernan replies:
You sure can! According to the Department of Labor Fact Sheet:
“Deductions from pay are permissible when an exempt employee: is absent from work for one or more full days for personal reasons other than sickness or disability; for absences of one or more full days due to sickness or disability if the deduction is made in accordance with a bona fide plan, policy or practice of providing compensation for salary lost due to illness…”
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