Additional Earnings: Paid time off

How do additional earnings work with Paid Time Off? 

• The FLSA does not require employers to pay employees for days or hours not worked such as holidays (e.g., Christmas or Independence Day), vacation, or sick time.  

• The FLSA also does not require employers to pay employees for unused sick days, holidays or vacation days or pay a premium to employees who work on holidays (although many companies have such policies). Under the FLSA, holiday, vacation, and sick pay hours are not counted in determining the regular rate of pay for overtime. 

Is paid time off required to be paid to Employees? 

Some states and localities require employers to provide sick leave hours to employees. This is dependent on state laws for sick leave requirements. For more information on paid sick leave requirements, look up state local paid sick leave requirements. 

Does TriNet support compliance with location specific sick leave laws?

Administrators will need to comply with location-specific sick leave laws.  

• TriNet will inform them of these sick leave requirements but will not manage them automatically. 

• Please note that all updates to sick leave laws should be verified with the specific location. Any questions should be routed to your state's labor jurisdiction. 

• TriNet will reflect a message based on certain state sick leave laws when creating a paid time off policy. 

For more information on paid sick leave requirements, reference  How TriNet Handles location specific sick leave requirements, or look up your state local sick leave laws.