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Duped in VA
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Until just recently, I worked in an Information Technology company in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
When I began my employment with this company, I was required to sign an employment agreement containing an employment at will and also confidentiality and noncompete clauses. The employment agreement is full of typographical errors and pronoun mistakes.
I regularly worked over 40 hours per week, sometimes over 60 hours. I was a salaried employee and was therefore given no overtime pay.
On April 17, 2000 I was promoted to a management position within this company. I had not been happy with the management team since November 1999, and was already seeking outside employment at the time of my promotion.
On May 12, 2000 I put in my letter of resignation, citing family reasons for leaving the company. My letter of resignation listed my last day of employment as May 26, 2000 at 2:00 pm. Upon submitting this letter, I was called into numerous meetings with upper management and the Company's President. These meetings were geared towards making me feel like I was single handedly going to make the company fail by leaving. They also required me to give 4 weeks of notice versus the two I was giving. When I let them know I could not give any more than 2 weeks, they became frustrated. On May 15, 16, 17 I was treated horribly by my immediate manager. I did not approach my manager about this treatment, but instead went to their supervisor. In my meeting with the supervisor, I relayed my feelings about how no employee should be treated the way I had been that week, and that if I was not going to be allowed to be a productive memeber of the company, I would leave immediately. I was strongly urged to stay because in the supervisor's words, they needed me for as long as possible.
On May 19 I was ill and took a sick day.
When I returned to work on May 22, I found my magnetic key did not work. I was forced to wait in the lobby for my manager to get out of a meeting that was not going to end for another 90 minutes. When I finally met with my manager, I was told that Friday the 19 was my last day and they were letting me go. I asked to speak with the supervisor and company president. When I spoke with the supervisor, president and manager, I was told that I assumed too many things. I was being given a week long paid vacation provided I was available to answer any questions that my department may have. I was required to be accessable by my personal pager (if not reachable at my home phone). In return, I would receive the week of May 22-26 as paid work days.
May 26, I was scheduled to go out of town at approximately 4pm. I ended up taking an earlier flight on the 26th, but on May 25th made my company aware that I would be out of town earlier than anticipated and would be accessable by e-mail if necessary.
I received my paycheck today only to find that I was not paid for the week of May 22 - 26. If I was not going to be paid for these days, and therefore not required to be accessible, I would have gone on my vacation at the earliest possible date, approximately May 23. What forms of recourse do I have to recoup the wages from the week of May 22? Is this worth pursuing?
When I began my employment with this company, I was required to sign an employment agreement containing an employment at will and also confidentiality and noncompete clauses. The employment agreement is full of typographical errors and pronoun mistakes.
I regularly worked over 40 hours per week, sometimes over 60 hours. I was a salaried employee and was therefore given no overtime pay.
On April 17, 2000 I was promoted to a management position within this company. I had not been happy with the management team since November 1999, and was already seeking outside employment at the time of my promotion.
On May 12, 2000 I put in my letter of resignation, citing family reasons for leaving the company. My letter of resignation listed my last day of employment as May 26, 2000 at 2:00 pm. Upon submitting this letter, I was called into numerous meetings with upper management and the Company's President. These meetings were geared towards making me feel like I was single handedly going to make the company fail by leaving. They also required me to give 4 weeks of notice versus the two I was giving. When I let them know I could not give any more than 2 weeks, they became frustrated. On May 15, 16, 17 I was treated horribly by my immediate manager. I did not approach my manager about this treatment, but instead went to their supervisor. In my meeting with the supervisor, I relayed my feelings about how no employee should be treated the way I had been that week, and that if I was not going to be allowed to be a productive memeber of the company, I would leave immediately. I was strongly urged to stay because in the supervisor's words, they needed me for as long as possible.
On May 19 I was ill and took a sick day.
When I returned to work on May 22, I found my magnetic key did not work. I was forced to wait in the lobby for my manager to get out of a meeting that was not going to end for another 90 minutes. When I finally met with my manager, I was told that Friday the 19 was my last day and they were letting me go. I asked to speak with the supervisor and company president. When I spoke with the supervisor, president and manager, I was told that I assumed too many things. I was being given a week long paid vacation provided I was available to answer any questions that my department may have. I was required to be accessable by my personal pager (if not reachable at my home phone). In return, I would receive the week of May 22-26 as paid work days.
May 26, I was scheduled to go out of town at approximately 4pm. I ended up taking an earlier flight on the 26th, but on May 25th made my company aware that I would be out of town earlier than anticipated and would be accessable by e-mail if necessary.
I received my paycheck today only to find that I was not paid for the week of May 22 - 26. If I was not going to be paid for these days, and therefore not required to be accessible, I would have gone on my vacation at the earliest possible date, approximately May 23. What forms of recourse do I have to recoup the wages from the week of May 22? Is this worth pursuing?