Can an employer force someone to take PTO if work is slow?

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My friend works for a large engineering firm (>1000 employees) in New York, New York. The employer told my friend that while he is working from home they will not allow anyone to bill 'administrative overhead' so if he can't get enough billable hours during the week, then he must use paid-time-off to make up the difference. This has resulted in my friend having to burn through a lot of his PTO. Is this legal?

My friend told me that they're a private sector firm, that he is a full-time at-will employee, and that the policy has been uniformly applied to everyone.

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