What is the name of your state? NY
A yr and a half ago I was offered another job, and went to my employer. He counteroffered, and I accepted. There was a verbal agreement with him offering more money, and more vacation time, as well as 4 days of holiday time I could use whenever I chose. He takes off a week in April, week in August, and a week at Xmas. I used a week of the time in April, a week in August, and was going to use my 4 days holiday time now during Xmas break, and when I confronted him with this, he tried to deny me my time, telling me I only had 4 hours of time left. That time is "accrued". I was NEVER told this during the VERBAL agreement. He said he would check into it, and he has never returned my email messages during this Xmas break. I believe there is a NY labor law 195.5 stating that verbal agreement is just as good as a written agreement(if they can prove it, I have been checking it out online of course), or it is a civil penalty. Our pay stubs never show how much vacation time we have, or I would have known ahead of time he was shafting me. I go back to work on Wed., and obviously he is avoiding me.
I work a 32 hour work week, sometimes less, because he sends us home if there is nothing to do (cheap). That is why I would never have agreed to anything being "accrued" if he had brought up such a thing anyway. It sounds rediculous, but all week, I have been thinking about it, and wondering, the stress is killing me. 4 days of no pay is 4 days of h*ll. If he choses not to pay me because it was not in writing, do I push it and go to the Labor Dept.? And give two weeks notice and have to look at him for the next two weeks? I work directly next to him for 8 hours 4 days a week with the profession I have. Knee to Knee.
I suppose at this point it is a 50/50 guessing game until Wed.
A yr and a half ago I was offered another job, and went to my employer. He counteroffered, and I accepted. There was a verbal agreement with him offering more money, and more vacation time, as well as 4 days of holiday time I could use whenever I chose. He takes off a week in April, week in August, and a week at Xmas. I used a week of the time in April, a week in August, and was going to use my 4 days holiday time now during Xmas break, and when I confronted him with this, he tried to deny me my time, telling me I only had 4 hours of time left. That time is "accrued". I was NEVER told this during the VERBAL agreement. He said he would check into it, and he has never returned my email messages during this Xmas break. I believe there is a NY labor law 195.5 stating that verbal agreement is just as good as a written agreement(if they can prove it, I have been checking it out online of course), or it is a civil penalty. Our pay stubs never show how much vacation time we have, or I would have known ahead of time he was shafting me. I go back to work on Wed., and obviously he is avoiding me.
I work a 32 hour work week, sometimes less, because he sends us home if there is nothing to do (cheap). That is why I would never have agreed to anything being "accrued" if he had brought up such a thing anyway. It sounds rediculous, but all week, I have been thinking about it, and wondering, the stress is killing me. 4 days of no pay is 4 days of h*ll. If he choses not to pay me because it was not in writing, do I push it and go to the Labor Dept.? And give two weeks notice and have to look at him for the next two weeks? I work directly next to him for 8 hours 4 days a week with the profession I have. Knee to Knee.
I suppose at this point it is a 50/50 guessing game until Wed.
