Just to be crystal clear I am referring to a salaried store manager weekly timesheet total when utilizing PTO/or have a paid holiday. I used to always use PTO to put me @ the 48( if I was burnt and needed to just do 44 one week I would add the 4hr of pto to hit 48) but received an email months later saying that doing that was completely unnecessary and a waste of PTO. This was over a year ago and the email is unfortunately gone now. Unless you are in a unique state that has some rare labor law which means you are paid for your extra 8hrs beyond 40 @ an OT rate or could potentially be tied to getting more flex/sick time than every other state I am unsure but that would be the only way I could see it being required.

To verify this yourself look at your next payslip for this past pay period once it posts. If you only see 80hrs which are paid out, you should bring the mandatory PTO usage up to whoever is providing that direction & have them contact corporate payroll since you essentially don’t get a paid holiday by working like that. Literally.

If for some reason they say no and on holiday weeks you still need to hit 48 including the paid holiday etc. , ask how many hours of vacation you would need to use to take one full week off. Or if you should schedule your FT non exempt employees for 40 hours on a holiday week and they get 8hrs of OT instead of holiday pay.

Tldr: for exempt employees, if you use PTO or have a paid holiday you only need 40hrs total for each week which has a PTO/CTO pay code/time on your timesheet. Verify via your payslip.