Add Comment Question: Hi there; I returned from maternity leave in 2023 June. I worked for about a month or so doing return to work then got sick shortly after. At that time I had 4 weeks of paid vacation. I was on short term disability until this February where I got transferred to Long term disability. I am aware while on Long term disability I do not accumulate vacation. However I wanted to get paid out for my 2023 vacation so I contacted my HR department who basically advised me that I lost my entire 4 weeks of vacation as it has been exhausted. As per their policy I am only able to bring over 5 days from the previous year of my vacation up until March end which I have to use it by. Now since I was still sick at that time of course I was not able to use it. So apparently now I have exhausted all my vacation so it just vanished because I was sick....was not notified, nothing. If I did not contact them that would be it. Normally I should have been paid out for my vacation time. I know while on short term I still do accumulate vacation hours so I should have had my hours at least paid out. I'm just frustrated as a 15 year employee of this company that is just very deceiving on their part. Are you able to clarify what are my rights here please? Answer: How you accumulate and are paid out vacation pay will depend on the terms of your contract and your company's vacation policy as well as the Employment Standards Act. We strongly recommend that you schedule a consultation with one of our lawyers to go over your situation in more detail and provide you with your options going forward. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.