Does my employer owe me a waiting penalty for PTO?

Does my employer owe me a waiting penalty for PTO?

I worked for my employer full-time and decided to go to on-call status. During my
full-time status, I accrued over a week of PTO. I did not request this as cash
out since I was staying as on-call. During that time, 2 months or more passed and
I only worked one on-call shift, but stayed on the list and still did not request
PTO cash out, just in case I was offered a shift in the future that I could take.

I recently contacted my employer asking for them to take me off of the on-call
list as my schedule would not allow for me to work any of their shifts and that I
wanted to cash out my PTO. On day 2 after the email, my manager fowarded my email
to HR asking for them to help me, but did not directly reply to me. I have not
heard from either my manager nor HR and 6 business days have passed. I live in
California and would like to know what the law is before I continue.

Asked on April 3, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, California

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