Yes, they can dictate. Most places will want you to use your PTO as you want as long as it does not impact business. It seems that they feel that your use is unreasonable for the job.
The reason for the absence must be the serious health condition of the employee or of a member of the employee's immediate family; the birth or adoption of a child or the placement of a foster child in the home; or "any qualifying exigency" (which generally means an urgent or emergency situation) associated with the ...
The employer determines when PTO is taken. It doesn't need the employees request and it certainly doesn't need their consent. It's common for places like factories or warehouses to need to shut down for annual maintenance. They send regular employees home and that's their PTO. Totally normal and legal.
Yes, they legally can. If the employee is missing time that they would otherwise have been at work, the employer can require that employee to use the employer's sick leave to cover that time. That is true even if that employee has worked enough hours in the week to meet the 40 hours.
For example, a California DLSE internal memorandum indicates employers must provide a minimum of a 90-day advance notice when requiring exempt employees to take mandatory vacation/PTO.
To be eligible, an employee has to have worked at least 1250 hours within the last 12 months; has to have worked at least 12 months' total time for the employer; and be employed at a facility at which at least 50 employees are employed within a 75-mile radius - due to the 1250-hour requirement, many part-time employees ...
A leave of absence (LOA) is unpaid leave that allows an employee to be off work for an extended period of time and return to his/her former position when the leave ends.
Employees in Texas may take up to 12 weeks of leave in a 12-month period for a serious health condition, bonding with a new child, or qualifying exigencies. This leave renews every 12 months, as long as the employee continues to meet the eligibility requirements set out above.
Can an employer ask an employee to take a leave of absence? Employers may ask that an employee take a leave of absence during times when fewer human resources are required, such as during a slowdown in production.