PTO/Vacay + Dr appts

so the shithead i work for tried to dock me a 1/2 day's work of vacation time for 3 dr appts i had taken over the past 8 months - tried to tell me i had no PTO left and that any future appts would result in a payroll deduction.
oh really?
at first i was so shocked that he even had the nerve to send me an email stating such outragousness. i mean - this is the OWNER of the company. he copied the new GM and my "boss" in minneapolis. didn't copy the head of HR (who he's fucking)
so i thought about it over the weekend and decided to check with the HR person, who is fucking the owner - and see just how many days are recorded as PTO for me. she shoots back instantly: 10.5 days; 1.5 over your allowance.
really?
i must have lost 1.5 days, i say - can you tell me what days you have? about an hour goes by and she sends me a breakdown. 3 of the days we doctor's appointments and she has recorded: 1/2 day.
i'm being docked a 1/2 days' vacation for doctor's appointments? i ask. even on days when the appt was @ 9.30a, i was most likely in the office by 11a and certainly worked through lunch. what about the days when i only left 2 or 3 hours early? (and worked thru lunch)
"i cannot make any changes please work this out with GM and your boss" and cc'd the GM and boss.
well, 1st of all - i didn't ask her to make any changes. if i asked her to do anything it was to clarify a certain part of company policy that is obviously somewhat unclear. the part that says : dr. appt = 1/2 day vacation.
so i thank her for her uselessness and request that the GM and boss address this issue.
i talk to the boss the next morning - and he's telling me the song & dance about how no one knew i was gone, no one knows if i work thru lunch and all this bullshit.
really?
so you are telling me that you are going to dock a salaried exempt employee - a DIRECTOR - for going to the doctor? not only do i think that is shitty, but i am not all together sure that it is legal. i mean hey - it's HIS game, his bat & ball, he can play it how he wants - but i'm calling it shitty. i was not out 1/2 days.
his solution - and he offers it as if he and the GM debated it and came up with this brilliant idea - was to offer me 1.5 days from HIS vacation time.
while i appreciate the sacrifice and admire such an offer - it's not neccesarry and it's bullshit. again, i am a salaried employee - in all my years working - i have NEVER been penalized PTO for dr. appts. this is unheard of. i am not a 20 year old kid scamming out of work (ok, sometimes i am) but come on! i schedule my appts as late or as early in the day as possible - so as not to interfere with our "busy schedule" (which is bullshit) and by the way, constanting reitterating to me that you think you are more than understanding about my dr appt's is not being understanding - it's telling me - hey - you have a lot of dr appts. furthermore THREE appt's in 8 months is NOT a lot.
so bossman tells me to send him and GM an email, mapping out the time off, including scheduled vacation, when i worked from home sick days, dr. appts, work thru lunch, etc. so i do.
he comes back at me about vacation days in which i either worked from home for a portion of the day or checked in. saying vacation days are vacation days, whether you were available or not.
oh really? ok then - i will treat those days as such going forward. (motherfucker)
this was tuesday.
wednesday i get up early because, as requested, i come in a full hour early every wednesday to get reports out to our clients.
wait a minute.
i've been coming in an hour early for over 6 weeks now and you're docking me vacation time. oh heheHELL no. i send the boss an IM telling him so. he said to send in email. so i did, thuroughly. to the point that by 12/16, i will have made up for ANY missed time, and by the end of the year, have 2.5 hours that THEY owe ME!
all the while i am looking into the CA labor laws and becoming quite well versed on what is permissible for salaried/exempt employees. i am a salaried/exempt employee because of my experience and professionalism - and i essentially can make my own hours. if i feel that i can do my job in 4 days - they still need to pay me my full salary. so if i can do my job AND leave early for the dr - YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY ME! the employer can only reduce my salary by a 1/5 if i missed 4 or more hours and it must be PRE- DISPOSED and must be written as such, as bona fide policy in the employee handbook.
ultimately, they acquiessed. i do not OWE any time, and i do not have any PTO left (which jives w my records) fine. i win.
but i'm still thinking of filing a claim with the state for harassment. this was undue stress, absolutely uncalled for and again, not quite legal.
this place is a joke.
it irritates me to no end when someone thinks they can get away with something. push ME around will ya! i'm not a fucking kid trying to make it in this business. i'm not afraid of you and you can't fuck with me!

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