My previous employers handbook states on the On January 1st of each year, employees having at least 1 year of full-time continuous employment will receive 18 days of paid time to be used as they wish during the year. If all is not used by December 31, cash compensation will be given.I understand 6 of those days are sick time,which are accrued every 6 months,and I was paid for 2.So that still leaves me with 10 days.When I wrote the office manager a demand letter,she now states the other 10 days are accrued through out the year,which it doesnt state that.I could have used my 5 vacation days at the beggining of the year and have been paid for them.I sent a letter to the Attorney General and received a response to take it to small claims court.My question is,should I sue for the 5 days,or would they give me the ten days as stated in the handbook?
2006-06-10 07:22:27 · 3 answers · asked by SnappleGirl69 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I live is MA,and by law,if they offer vacation time,it is considered a wage and must be paid within 24 hours of leaving the company.So they are not entitled to give vacation time,but if they do,they must abide by state laws.
2006-06-10 07:44:41 · update #1
If you sue, they are going to argue in court that the time accrues. They may even bring a more recent version of the handbook with them.
You could try sending a demand letter stating that if you have not received all monies due and payable to you pursuant to handbook section #_____ by 00/00/06 you will file in small claims court. If that does not work, I expect you will have a real fight on your hands. Good luck.
2006-06-10 08:35:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sharingan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not mandatory that any company give paid vacations. The law states that this option is voluntary and remains the right of each company as to whether it will, how much and to whom. The small claims court is to recover loss of money, or reimbursement from costs to you caused by another party or parties. Since you can't prove that you had that time coming, not money, you can't sue. You can't sue for what you could have had. Of course that's here in Texas. My advice, don't rock the boat, take what they are offering before you lose it all.
2006-06-10 07:35:00 · answer #2 · answered by the sealer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be on the discretion of the organisation. by regulation they have been required to allow you have your interest decrease back. they do no longer seem to be required to grant you trip and sick days, in view which you probably did no longer artwork there "without interruption" to earn them.
2016-12-08 08:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋