Owen v. Macy's, Inc

Owen v. Macy's, Inc. (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 462, the employer "imposed a six-month waiting period before new employees began to earn vacation." (Id. at p. 465.) Owen held, "The law permits an employer to offer new employees no vacation time: If an express written company policy forewarns new employees that their compensation package does not include paid vacation during their initial employment, then no vacation pay is earned and none is vested. When such a policy is in place, as it is in this appeal, employees cannot claim any right to vested vacation during their initial employment, because they know in advance that they will not earn or vest vacation pay during this period." (Id. at pp. 464-465.)