When Vancouver resident Leslie Daniels returned to work at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center after three weeks of medical leave last year, she was stunned to find that her employer had nearly wiped out her paid-time-off balance.
“I thought I calculated it wrong,” Daniels said. “But then I worked it out, and I’m like, ‘No, they took my PTO.’ ”
Last year, employers violating the federal Family and Medical Leave Act paid employees $1 million in back wages for lost compensation, benefits or unapproved pay deductions, according to the U.S. Department of Labor…