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My guess is that it all goes to the contract you have with your employer. If you requested a vacation day and it was approved, they should pay you with vacation time. If you just missed a day without approval, they can choose not to pay you. But this is all speculative. Read your contract/employee handbook.
If your question is "When I miss hours of work, can the employer refuse to call them paid vacation as I requested", the answer is "Goodness yes, the employer alone determines the vacation usage policy.
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Certainly. No law requires the employer to do more than pay you for hours worked.
Only if your employer happens to be a branch of the US military.
Sure he can refuse to pay you. You can also sue him in small claims court to try and recover lost wages. That may very well be you last resort if he refuses to pay you.
In general, an employer must pay you for every hour that you work. This even includes time that the employer feels you did not do a good job. The employer can write you up or discipline you in other ways, but he or she cannot withhold pay for hours worked.If you are not being paid for all the hours that you worked, you should contact the U.S. Wage and Hour Division, or your state Department of Labor.
The way that an employer would refuse to give an employee a handbook is they are trying to with hold a benefit.
he should take it
Vacation pay is an unregulated gift from the employer. It may deny or change vacation rules at will, except based on employee race, sex, religion, age or other illegal basis.
An employer must pay at least minimum wage for any hours worked. You should call a lawyer.