If you fail to give notice when you quit, what can be done to you?
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If you fail to give notice when you quit, what can be done to you?
I quit my salaried 40k job last week without giving notice. As this is an at will state and the employee handbook stated hat giving notice was not mandatory but appreciated, however I was done with it. I received my final check in the mail and they paid me 80 hours at the minimum wage of $7.25. The paperwork I have states that quitting just puts me on the no re-hire list.
Asked on October 15, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Kentucky
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
1) They can put you on a no-hire list, since in employment at will, any employer is free to decide who to hire and who to not hire, and there is no right in or to a job.
2) However, the cannot reduce your pay for work you had already done (e.g. prior to giving notice) unless there had been some written agreement stating they could do that. Otherwise, they had to pay you at the rate you'd been earning and if they don't, you could sue them for the money they should have paid, but did not (for example: sue in small claims court, as your own attorney or "pro se").
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