Can my employer refuse to pay my vacation pay?
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Can my employer refuse to pay my vacation pay?
My employer is refusing to pay my vacation pay this year citing no authorization in business policy for contract hire employees to be eligible for vacation pay while many other contract employees have been paid this summer.
Asked on September 8, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Alabama
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
What does your contract state as to the issue of vacation pay? Are you to be paid for it or not? If others are being paid for it perhaps that is what they negotiated under their contract for hire. If you mean that you are being treated differently than others with the same employment contract then that is a different story. But if payment is not guaranteed and is discretionary then maybe it will be termed a "bonus" under the contract rather than "vacation" pay. You should have someone read the contract you signed to make clear all the issues that you do not understand. And never again sign a contract without an attorney reviewing it before hand. Good luck.
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