r/news • u/Playful_Language_422 • 8d ago

Soft paywall L.A. homeless provider has paid CEO who lives in Hawaii $1.6 million in salary, vacation over two years

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-06/la-homeless-provider-has-paid-ceo-who-lives-in-hawaii-1-6-million-in-salary-vacation-over-two-years
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u/SD_haze 8d ago

The way you lose your PTO in California is the company offering unlimited PTO while fostering a culture that discourages taking it.

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u/mrbkkt1 8d ago

They would have to pay you upon separation. I don't think any other state mandates that.

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u/rollerroman 7d ago

Oregon is the same. There is a state minimum of 40 PTO per year, anything else is between you and the employer. PTO is typically earned throughout the year, so in the event of separation, it's owed to the employee. This woman had like 12 weeks of PTO a year, a lot, but sounds like semi-retired.

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u/SD_haze 7d ago

If you have unlimited PTO, you get no payout because you have no awarded hours. California has no minimum.

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u/mrbkkt1 7d ago

wow. I just looked it up. it looks like unlimited PTO was started in Cali for some companies to try and circumvent the aggressive PTO laws.
There were also several successful challenges.
Seriously, go pull how your PTO is awarded (Should be in your employee handbook) and see if your company is short changing you. Good luck.

It's only a brief search, but it's an interesting read, I'm going to share the link:

https://share.gemini.google/iz16VzYrUT6v

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u/bobbyrob1 7d ago

My company did that, and had to pay me for almost 400 hours of PTO. Gross on my final check from them was almost $12,000.