What to do if my employment contract clearly stated, “You will receive 2 weeks paid vacation per year” but did not specify between part-time and full-time workers?
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What to do if my employment contract clearly stated, “You will receive 2 weeks paid vacation per year” but did not specify between part-time and full-time workers?
I signed it when I started working.Initially I was employed as a full-time worker and received those benefits. After 1 year I asked my hours to be cut to part-time so that that I could continue schooling. My employer agreed and no technicalities were discussed regarding my employment contract. I pointed out to her in my contract it stated I would receive those benefits and no specification was stated. A few days after pointing that out, she created a new employee contract for all employees to sign it. I did not sign it because I did not agree to it. Is that legal for her to do?
Asked on October 24, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you were working full time when you signed that contract, then even if it did not explicitly state that it applied only to full time workers, a court would likely have no trouble finding that it did in fact only apply while you were working full time, and that if you asked to reduce your hours, you therefore terminated that contract and were no longer entitled to the benefits, such as two weeks paid vacation, in it.
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