Do employees get paid if office close due to heavy snow? (home, schools)

[tuzi]

Do employees get paid or not?
Also, I am wondering when it’s a heavy snow and schools close, the parents may have to stay at home to take care of them. Are they able to use just non-paid personal day off, sick day off or something else?

[chilicheesefries]

Wow, quite a general question! The answer is it depends on where you work. There is no state law on this. I'm at home right now, getting paid and not using a vacation day.

[koopdaddy]

I would say it depends on the employer but the biggest issue is salary vs hourly. I am not aware of any law requiring an employer to pay employees on bad weather days.

I did find this link.

No pay for employee's snow day?: HR Hero Line - HRhero.com

Also, if you are able to work remotely and choose not to work, than it should either be a paid vacation day used or unpaid PTO if you have that available.

[NYSD1995]

actually my question is... are people expected to come to the office (speaking of most white collar jobs here).... or are most companies going to allow you to work from home?

[koopdaddy]

Again it really depends on the employer. I would guess tho that if you are able to work remotely, they will expect you to do so.

If you cannot work remotely, and you are required to physically be at a specific location in order to work, and that business location closes for the day, then I don't see how they could expect you to work.

[treedonkey]

I'd imagine if a snowplow driver doesn't go to work on a snow day he does not get paid. But if a software engineer writes code at home he does. Again, the point being, it depends on the employer and the TYPE OF WORK.

[Kibbiekat]

I've been wondering this too. What about local govt. jobs like County offices? My neighbor works for Jeff Co. I noticed he went to work late today. I was curious, so I looked it up, and their offices were closed until 10 am. I would hope they couldn't dock him when it isn't his fault.

[chilaili]

My previous employer allowed us to work from home on bad weather days and we were not penalised for it. In my current job, hourly employees either have to take time off or take it as unpaid time. I think salaried employees are alowed to work from home if they can't get into work.

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

I can't escape. As long as there is something called the internet I can work anywhere, that includes home

[tuzi]

Snowplow driver is a good point.

Originally Posted by treedonkey

I'd imagine if a snowplow driver doesn't go to work on a snow day he does not get paid. But if a software engineer writes code at home he does. Again, the point being, it depends on the employer and the TYPE OF WORK.