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dawnelise
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i was employed in the position of restaurant manager, by a hotel in miami beach, florida until march 7, 2001. i was a salaried employee earning an annual base plus bounuses and my problem is this... the way their bi-weekly pay cycles are broken down 2/12 to 2/25 constituted one pay period and 2/26 to 3/11 made up the following. in that four week time span i worked fourteen days (i called in sick, one day after i'd given my notice). i received my check for 2/12-2/25 and was paid for the 9 days i had worked. they deducted the sick day despite the fact i was on salary saying i had not completed the 90 of employment which make me eligible for paid absences. (i disagree, i'm not sure of the exact date but i started the 2nd week of december 2000). in the restaurant i worked weekends and because of that the last five days i worked fell in between the two pay periods. my last five days were: sat 3/3, sun 3/4, mon 3/5, tues 3/6 and wedns 3/7. they are now saying that they are only willing to pay me for the three days which fall in the later pay period, saying that because i am salaried we are already square for the period before- that it dosent matter how many days i worked, i don't receive hourly pay. is this legal or do i have grounds to demand payment for a full week? i believe i may have to take them to small claims court as it is because they are giving me the run around and i still haven't collected on the three days they did agree to pay me for. since i have to go through this hassle either way, can i try to recover payment for these two (possibly three, counting the sick day) days as well?