labor code 227.3

I have worked for the past nine years for a company in California. At the end of 2005, they sent a memo around that stated that from then on, we could only carry forward a week of our vacation. At the end of 2006, I had over two weeks coming. I was actually unable to take vacation because the situation in my department was such that my desk would not be covered if I did so. What are my rights?

By Deskin Law Firm
If vacation pay is provided as an employee benefit, earned but unused pay cannot be forfeited. But your employer can cap the amount of vacation pay that you earned. When an employer does provide for paid vacation time, this time constitutes earned wages.