<prompt> Human: I am asking on behalf of my girlfriend. My girlfriend has been working at a gym for 3 years now. She started as an hourly non-exempt at the front desk and moved her way to an exempt position that offered PTO and other benefits. Recently she decided to go back to school and offered to remain in the position part-time. They refused and put her back at the front desk. She asked her at the time boss what would happen to the PTO she had accrued roughly 100 hours and she said the PTO would be paid out. That was a little over a month ago, and the PTO balance still appears on her pay stubs. My question is who does she need to talk to to get her PTO balance paid out? Will the PTO be paid out at the old rate which was quite a bit higher, or will it be paid out at the current wage? If it is paid out at the current wage, what can we do to get it at the old wage, since she told her boss that she wanted it paid out while she was still working at the higher paying position? Or are we SOL?Thanks!Edit: We live in California  <response>: These are all questions for HR. Just because a boss said something doesnt make it company policy.Here is the CA faq on vacation: 