Hi I just wanted to know - I have just given my notice from my job and leave at the end of the month. I have only been with this company for 3months and have been off sick about 8 days (mostly due to a miscarriage and bad migraines).. I wanted to know if there is anything they can do about it? Would they ask me for money back from my salary?i got paid a couple days ago, so i am not worried about the money but can they go ahead and take money out of my account because i have taken too many days off work? If i take another one can they fire me before my 2 weeks notice is up and claim the money back they have paid me?
2007-11-19 10:10:02 · 7 answers · asked by Sara132 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Administrative and Office Support
Also - i have 22 days that im entitled to for the year. does that mean i can only take about 4 or 5 because i have inly been with the company for 3months?
2007-11-19 10:22:09 · update #1
NO!!! I do HR work and payroll. As long as you were entittled to sick days then they can not take them back. If you were not entitled to those sick days then yes, they can deduct from your pay check, but not your account. They Can't touch your account.
2007-11-19 10:20:02 · answer #1 · answered by LO 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to read your company's employee manual about how vacation and sick time accrue. Is it by month, by pay period or annually? If it is by month then you would have accrued some time to cover days missed. Did they pay you for the time missed or did they deduct the time missed from work? Check your pay stubs to see. If they did not pay you for the time missed then there is no deduction to be made from your final check. Yes, they can fire you during your notice period, and it would most likely then be a bad reference for you going forward. If you have been paid for time missed, and you have missed more time than you accrued during your time with the company, they would have the right to deduct hours back from you at the time you leave the company. Again, you need to read through your employee handbook and see how this situation is handled by your company policy. Another remedy the company could take is to file a small claims case against you to repay the overpayment of wages to you. (Not sure if they would go that far, but they would have the legal right to do so)
I would read your handbook to see how vacation and sick time accrue, recheck your pay stubs to see if you were paid for time off, then sit down with H.R. and talk to them about your final check and the company's intent for repayment. Then you will have a clear idea of what they are intending to do.
2007-11-19 18:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by hr4me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are one of those people that think that they can take every single day that is per company policy, and that an employer has to keep you...WRONG.
Alot of people suffer from migraines, like me, and I sure as heck have never missed 8 days of work in a year, much less in 3 months...and I own my company...but in order to make money, I have to show up.
Sometimes you have to work when you don't feel well in order to keep a job...life isn't fair and neither is corporate america.
3 months is a probationary period for most companies, and evidently, they don't want to bother with someone that misses all the time...regardless of the reason.
Judy above is correct in her assessment, that if you took days that you had not earned, they can deduct your paycheck.
However, they CAN deduct your checking account...b/c if you READ the direct deposit agreement that you signed when you agreed to direct deposit, it is STANDARD language that not only can they make deposits, but DEDUCTIONS as well, in order to recoop losses when you were overpaid.
2007-11-19 19:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by Expert8675309 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it depends... some companies have a clause in their handbook that when u get hired u understand that any "unearned" time that is used within the first year will have to be reimburse to the company in the event that u quit or get fired. Rule of thumb generally is that if u are out for 8 days in a first year that u will probably owe them sometime. they might cut the pay that u owe them out of ur last check...? i would re-read ur handbook/policy book
2007-11-19 21:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by its just me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should show on your check or they can give you a print out of your available hours left. If you have not yet accumulated those days then yes they may take it out of your last check.
You also at your next job get FLMA papers and have them filled out by your doctor. Both of those conditions are covered under flma and they can't use that time taken off against you.
2007-11-19 18:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they've paid you for sick days that you didn't have coming yet, they'd probably take them out of any paid vacation time that you had coming, or out of your last paycheck.
Yes they can fire you at any time.
2007-11-19 18:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by Judy 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure that if you take more sick days than you're entitled to, they won't pay you for them. If they did, it's their mistake.
2007-11-19 18:17:13 · answer #7 · answered by annazzz1966 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋