What can I do in order to get paid for the days that I attended orientation if I ending up resigning?
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What can I do in order to get paid for the days that I attended orientation if I ending up resigning?
I was temporarily employed at a hospital and I attended 3 days of orientation with each day being 8 hours. Immediately after the third day of orientation, I was offered a position at another hospital with much better pay and work hours so I took that offer and resigned from my previous position. I was not able to clock in on the other 2 days I attended since I was having
issues with clocking in and as a result, I informed my manager to put in the missing 16 hours. After receiving my paycheck for orientation, I discovered that I was paid for only 1 day of orientation and I am missing 16 hours from the other 2 days that I attended orientation. I called Human Resources and after a few days of calling and leaving messages, they finally picked up and informed me that they would talk with my manager and get back with me. It has been almost a week and I have not heard from them.
Asked on May 6, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You must be paid for all days/hours you worked--and orientation is work for this purpose. If the employer will not voluntarily honor its legal obligations, you could contact your state department of labor to file a wage and hour complaint; if the labor department does not help you, you could instead sue the hospital in small claims court (acting as your own attorney, or "pro se") for the money they owe you.
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