Am I entitled to vacation pay?
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Am I entitled to vacation pay?
My old job took 12 hours of mine off the schedule without telling me. I showed up for a shift and was not on the schedule. I put in a notice for my resignment and asked for vacation pay my last week since I worked for 3 1/2 years with no vacation. The handbook says I get 1 week later vacation a year. My boss called me after I left wrote my notice and left a voicemail saying I could talk to her about my resignment if I wanted to. She said nothing about the vacation pay. I asked her later if my check was there and she said she will not give me vacation pay since I resigned. Am I
entitled to my vacation pay?
Asked on August 7, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, North Carolina
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
In your state (North Carolina), if you earned the vacation (i.e. accrued it by the hours or days, etc. you worked), it must be paid when your employment ends unless there was some written notice, policy, or agreement to the contrary--that is, the employer must specifically put in writing somewhere, before you earned the time, that it would be forfeited and not paid when employment ended. Unless there was such written forfeiture notice, etc., your employer owes you the vacation pay. If they will not voluntarily pay it, you could try filing a complaint with your state's department of labor or sue (such as in small claims court) for the money. Here is a link to a NC government webpage discussing the topic: https://www.labor.nc.gov/workplace-rights/employee-rights-regarding-time-worked-and-wages-earned/promised-wages-including
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