Help with salary issues in Georgia?

Question

My husband just quit a salary job in Ga. to accept a new job in our home state of Tn. He turned in a two week notice and his boss in Ga gave him a week off with pay to think about staying. In the middle of that week he called and asked him to go to a company in Tn to help with some quality issues. It was 3 hours one way to get there & 3 hrs back, plus 6 hours to help with the problem. It took two days to settle the problem. Now, the old company has refused to pay him for the entire last week he worked, saying they didn't owe him any vacation because he took off that week with pay, and his job ended on a Wednesday. If he was a salary employee can they do this? When employeed with them there were days he worked 6 days a week without overtime, but now they are trying to say they broke down his weekly salary to just the three days he worked. Where can I go online to get more info about this?

After the week vacation they gave him (where he did work for two days) he returned and finished out his notice which his last day was on a Wednesday.

Answer 1

Check with your local office of wage and labor and ask them if he is entitled to any further payment of wages. It is legal for companies to deduct wages from an exempt employee for whole days of work missed. If he was exempt/salaried (you can be non-exempt salaried and get paid for working overtime) then he was not entitled to overtime pay for working the 6 days. You are paid for the work you do, not by the hour that it takes you to complete the work. (FLSA rules)

Answer 2

You can check with the Dept of Labor, but the old company wasn't required to give him days off with pay. Frequently when you turn in your notice, the company will release you immediately.

Answer 3

Salary your not, when you quit a salary job, they can "prorate" your last paycheck and you only get paid through your last day of work.