<prompt> Human: I just started a new job for a consulting company, and I was sent to oversee a project at one of the companies they were hired to work for. I am a fulltime employee with vacation, and all that stuff for the consulting company.The consulting company has a very limited holiday schedule. I get 6 days total of paid holidays, but the company I got sent to gives their employees 20ish paid holidays a year. I was told that when that company I am consulting for has their own company holiday, I either have to get permission from that company to work from home, and if I cannot, then I am forced to take PTO. That doesnt seem fair or legal for me to potentially be forced to use nearly all my vacation days just to match what the company I am consulting for gives its employees. This basically makes it impossible for me to go on an actual vacation because most of my PTO days will be used just to match 1-2 days off for the company I am consulting for. tl;dr - consulting company I work for says I have to use PTO on days the company I am consulting at gives off to their employees. Is that legal?Assistant: Is that legal?Yes.Human: That is depressing. I was lied to about the vacation policy at this job, and then I heard that they can force me to use my vacation which made me skeptical. Assistant: Its the same difference. You either get paid those days or you get paid the time of you requestHuman: Well I have a 12 day vacation planned in May, and if I have to use 10 days to match the vacation the company I am consulting for gives, then I will go over my allotted vacation. Assistant: Will they let you be on leave without pay?Human: That I actually I do not know  <response>: see thats the part thats not making sense to me.for giggles, lets say your company works 6 days a weekconsulting company works 5 days a weekit makes no sense for them to force you to work 5 days, and burn a vacation daymakes way more sense for them to just give you an unpaid leave day on the 6th day 