<prompt> Human: My company is changing from earned and accrued vacation to a flexible vacation policy on 712018. As of that date, you have no more vacation bank and you are allowed to take unlimited vacation. As of 6302018, I will have 132 hours of vacation in my bank. Half of which was a carry over from 2017. I live in Illinois and my company is headquartered in NY. Does the company owe me my banked vacation in payout form? I have asked HR and as of this morning, they state they dont how state law applies to our policy.  <response>: Odds are they wont pay you, so I would immediately put in a PTO request for the next 132 hours 3 weeks. This way, when you get back, you start off with a nice clean slate and can start taking as much vacation time as you want. 