<prompt> Human: I work for a company and recently one of my co-workers called in sick. The shift was covered by myself and no problems were caused by the call in. This is literally the only call in this person has made this year and they arent prone to calling in all the time. As it turns out, supposedly our manager, in a fit of frustration from people calling in from other departments, took it upon herself to use my co-workers PTO without telling them or checking the amount of PTO available. She did this as what I can only assume would be a punishment and deterrent for people calling in because the hours were covered and not lost at all. She was also allegedly quoted as saying, Im sick of people calling in. If they want to call in then they will lose that amount of hours from their PTO. It just doesnt seem right that this could be done. Also I would like to say that if this isnt the right place to post this then I am sorry. Askreddit is very snobby about what gets posted there and I figured this had enough to do with finance that it could be posted here.SOLVED: Thanks everyone for their input. I feel I can better answer questions dealing with this should I receive a call from a co-worker dealing with PTO or if I ever start receiving PTO myself. Thanks again.Assistant: Isnt that what PTO paid time off? is for? As an all-encompassing thing to cover sick days and vacation days and personal days?Or did this coworker lose her PTO hours, but still wont actually be getting paid for that day?Human: PTO can be used for that, but it is usually up to the person who has earned the PTO. Ive heard of companies forcing you to take it as with my old roommate when you have too much saved up. But just using someones PTO without consent can cause problems. The same co-worker that this happened to spent pretty much all last year paying back hundreds of dollars due to someone screwing up her PTO hours.  <response>: Most places dont just give you a free sick day. It doesnt matter if the workload was covered - you didnt show when you were scheduled, so thats PTO. Its exactly what PTO is used for and how this is supposed to work. 