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metamorph
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What is the name of your state? california
About four weeks ago I went to work. Upon arrival I looked at work schedule and noticed that was the only day I was scheduled to work for that week and I was not scheduled to work any days on the following week. Later, on the same day, my manager approached me at my work station, and informed me the company is cutting back hours gave me the options of going on-call or to be laid off.
I told him I would prefer to go on-call and asked if there was a possibility to work at least one day out of the month. After hesitating to accept my answer, he told me that being laid off meant I could collect unemployment insurance. He then wrote my phone number down and said he would have to get back to me regarding my decision to go on-call.
He went back to his office and I continued my work. On my way home that same day I thought about the options I was given earlier about layoff and concluded that it was best if I was laid off, since manager seemed very dubious of having any hours available for me if I went on-call. So, I called him at work and told him I had reconsidered his offer and accepted the layoff. He confirmed the layoff over the phone and told me to expect a call within a couple of days so that I could come into work to complete necessary paperwork. According to my phone conversation with manager it was on that day, I knew I no longer had a job.
After a couple of days of waiting, I called manager to inquire about my final paperwork and paycheck, his response was that he was still working on it and that he would call me when it was ready. It’s been twenty-nine days since my layoff and I haven’t received my final paycheck, nor have I received any paperwork to finalize my layoff.
Yesterday I called him again, after I asked what was going on, he nervously told me that company policy had changed and that he could not involuntarily terminate anyone without approval from corporate payroll office first and that he was still waiting to hear from them. According to the message he left me on phone since I went out of town, he says that I can remain an employee till I return. All this time I knew I had been laid off. Now he seems to have taken his lay-off back because he apparently was not supposed to lay me off without corporate approval first.
What are my rights and options in this situation?
-N
About four weeks ago I went to work. Upon arrival I looked at work schedule and noticed that was the only day I was scheduled to work for that week and I was not scheduled to work any days on the following week. Later, on the same day, my manager approached me at my work station, and informed me the company is cutting back hours gave me the options of going on-call or to be laid off.
I told him I would prefer to go on-call and asked if there was a possibility to work at least one day out of the month. After hesitating to accept my answer, he told me that being laid off meant I could collect unemployment insurance. He then wrote my phone number down and said he would have to get back to me regarding my decision to go on-call.
He went back to his office and I continued my work. On my way home that same day I thought about the options I was given earlier about layoff and concluded that it was best if I was laid off, since manager seemed very dubious of having any hours available for me if I went on-call. So, I called him at work and told him I had reconsidered his offer and accepted the layoff. He confirmed the layoff over the phone and told me to expect a call within a couple of days so that I could come into work to complete necessary paperwork. According to my phone conversation with manager it was on that day, I knew I no longer had a job.
After a couple of days of waiting, I called manager to inquire about my final paperwork and paycheck, his response was that he was still working on it and that he would call me when it was ready. It’s been twenty-nine days since my layoff and I haven’t received my final paycheck, nor have I received any paperwork to finalize my layoff.
Yesterday I called him again, after I asked what was going on, he nervously told me that company policy had changed and that he could not involuntarily terminate anyone without approval from corporate payroll office first and that he was still waiting to hear from them. According to the message he left me on phone since I went out of town, he says that I can remain an employee till I return. All this time I knew I had been laid off. Now he seems to have taken his lay-off back because he apparently was not supposed to lay me off without corporate approval first.
What are my rights and options in this situation?
-N
