Can you use vacation time for 2 weeks' notice? Managers may be able to deny PTO requests from employees who resign with a 2-week notice letter.At our company, if you don't give 2 weeks, you don't get your vacation time paid out. No. I would not risk this; take your vacation and then resign. You otherwise risk losing paid leave owed to you. There's also the option to turn your "2 weeks notice" into a "3 weeks notice": state your intention to leave 2 weeks before your PTO starts. Is an employee required to give two weeks notice when quitting a job? 1. Does IDOL investigate discrimination complaints? I work in Illinois if I give a 2 week notice, and my employer says leave now do they have to pay me for the two weeks. There are no federal or state laws that require an employee to provide two weeks' notice to his or her employer before quitting.