[balfirevic]

How is it paid overtime, if your salary is the same whether you take that vacation or not?

I can see how it can be paid overtime if company has to pay out the unused vacation when you quit, but I don't know if that's what you meant.

[PopAlongKid]

Yes, paying out the unused vacation time upon leaving the job is what I meant. It is especially pernicious in the case of public employees (police, fire) who spike their pension payments by adding all that unplanned paid time to their final year salary, which distorts the pension calculation.