A company I work for in the field of… customer service in apparel…announced yesterday that all PTO requests would be denied, and missing 3 days of work through January would result in termination. I have 70 hours of PTO accrued and can only roll over 40. So I can't use my PTO without being fired. There's a clause in the handbook about “the company reserves the right to change all benefits and plans at any time.” Me and my whole team feel absolutely screwed.
Is this even legal? Feels like upper management is squeezing us dry, since they fired a ton of people and now their work is falling on us. Hence the no PTO.