chickenndumplin
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I worked for a very small company until Tuesday of last week, may 14th. Myself and the only other employee quit due to the owners erratic behavior, mood swings and unpredictability. I've worked for her for almost 2 years and beginning January 1st of this year, she started a vacation plan where we would get 5 pto days per year (accrued).
In February of this year, I took a 2 week vacation and she said at a morning meeting (2 witnesses present) that she would pay me for 1 week but not the second week, but I could not take anymore time of this year, I verbally said that this was fair, nothing else was said about the vacation and I was paid for 1 week but not the second.
After quitting last week , I received my final paycheck in a timely manner however, she deducted the vacation time she paid me for minus what I had accrued to that point. I worked for 52 hours on the final paycheck and my gross pay turned out to be $7.46/hr due to her recouping the vacation time. I've emailed her that this was not correct and asked for the remainder of the paycheck she owes me, I have not heard back from her and this was last Friday.
The other employee who quit had a similar situation. She had taken 3 days off in march and the employer took those days off of her final paycheck. She emailed her requesting the balance and the boss responded stating she checked with "someone" and was told she could take the unaccredited used vacation from her final check.
There's another issue that I have. I was on salary at $15/hr. I didn't punch a time clock nor were any records kept. For 6 months, I was required to answer emails on Saturdays and Sundays from home on my personal computer, I was not paid for this. After researching info on salaried employees, I found that I was not an exempt employee and as such, should have been paid overtime for doing this. The hours totaled approximately 24 hours for the 6 month period, would there be anyway to recoup this?
I worked for a very small company until Tuesday of last week, may 14th. Myself and the only other employee quit due to the owners erratic behavior, mood swings and unpredictability. I've worked for her for almost 2 years and beginning January 1st of this year, she started a vacation plan where we would get 5 pto days per year (accrued).
In February of this year, I took a 2 week vacation and she said at a morning meeting (2 witnesses present) that she would pay me for 1 week but not the second week, but I could not take anymore time of this year, I verbally said that this was fair, nothing else was said about the vacation and I was paid for 1 week but not the second.
After quitting last week , I received my final paycheck in a timely manner however, she deducted the vacation time she paid me for minus what I had accrued to that point. I worked for 52 hours on the final paycheck and my gross pay turned out to be $7.46/hr due to her recouping the vacation time. I've emailed her that this was not correct and asked for the remainder of the paycheck she owes me, I have not heard back from her and this was last Friday.
The other employee who quit had a similar situation. She had taken 3 days off in march and the employer took those days off of her final paycheck. She emailed her requesting the balance and the boss responded stating she checked with "someone" and was told she could take the unaccredited used vacation from her final check.
There's another issue that I have. I was on salary at $15/hr. I didn't punch a time clock nor were any records kept. For 6 months, I was required to answer emails on Saturdays and Sundays from home on my personal computer, I was not paid for this. After researching info on salaried employees, I found that I was not an exempt employee and as such, should have been paid overtime for doing this. The hours totaled approximately 24 hours for the 6 month period, would there be anyway to recoup this?
