My work pays us before all the hours are sent in to HR. So if you have taken off at any time during the month , you will have to take pto or sick pay. You have no choice . If you have no paid time off , they make you use it as like an overdraft. You get paid , but you loose that time in the future. I'm ok with taking an unpaid day off ! I'd like to save my hours for vacation next year but it's looking like my vacation days are being taken away now because my employer pays us before the end of the month and before the last working shift has occurred. They assume we work 160hrs and nothing less.