In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit.
Some 66% of U.S. workers say companies should adopt extended vacation policies, like a month off in August, in their workplaces, according to a Morning Consult survey of 1,047 U.S. adults.
They can just pay you your time back that is allowable as long as you agree. But they didn’t want to do that.
No, they cannot – you must take the legally mandated amount of leave.
(Any excess, over and above that minimum, can be paid.)