Hi - could someone clear up how vacation time works for exempt employees in Ohio? It was once explained to me that if an exempt employee (let's say 4 direct-reports to clarify status) does not report to the office but is checking email and voice mail throughout the day they are "working" and thus is NOT required to take a vacation day.

Also, is there a website that documents the exempt v. non-exempt specifics for Ohio somewhere?

Thank you so much!

Ohio defaults to federal law for exempt/nonexempt classification:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/fs17a_overview.htm

As far as calling in, checking emails while on vacation, personally I would consider that "working". However, I know many exempt employees who do it anyway and do not expect to be changed to a work day instead of a vacation or sick day. I actually have never called to ask this question. If you want to pursue it, you can contact the federal Dept. of Labor and see what they say.

Thanks for the reply! Seems much more relevant here at yearend with the holidays than any other time.

Have a happy season...