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Washington
I live in Texas, but this summer I worked part of an agreement for a summer camp in the state of Washington, which included room and board with the job. The agreement was for $2000 from the dates of June 26 to August 17. There was 24 hours of time off per week.
So, on August 3rd, I decided that not only was the camp not in line with my values and kind of misled me with the job description, but also due to health concerns given I was the oldest counselor there at the age of 32 and suffering from not only severe athlete's food, but also having a hard time staying healthy, I told them I was going home and handed them a letter of resignation.
The first paycheck I got midway through was only for $750, and was supposed to be for 2 camp sessions plus training, which should have been more, as our first week was 3 days, and then training week was a full 6 days, plus two camp sessions. The director told me she mailed out my paycheck that I wasn't there to get, and it was for 2 weeks of pay, which will likely come out to only around $500, meaning that if I had stayed the whole time, I likely would have been shorted also and still having to deal with this.
The way I calculated it is that if each of the 6 sessions are 6 days each, and then you have 9 days of training, that's 45 days, of which I worked 33. That would be $216.66 that I was shorted, but I don't know if that's how they would calculate it if a small claims case was made.
So, here's the dilemma. The only way I can real take this out with them in court is if they agreed to be on Judge Judy or something, which I'd be fine with as I'd finally be eligible for my Screen Actors' Guild union card, because I can't go all the way out to Washington just to recover around 200 dollars. The agreement I signed they called a contract, but I 100% doubt it is legally binding, as it said I could terminate it, and didn't say anything about a penalty for not giving the one week notice, but I don't know how it would look if I had quit and not worked out the entire term. I almost wonder if it would have been better just to have made them fire me instead of quitting, but that's another issue.
Would any division investigate this without requiring me to travel across country or appear in person if the payroll department blows me off?
Washington
I live in Texas, but this summer I worked part of an agreement for a summer camp in the state of Washington, which included room and board with the job. The agreement was for $2000 from the dates of June 26 to August 17. There was 24 hours of time off per week.
So, on August 3rd, I decided that not only was the camp not in line with my values and kind of misled me with the job description, but also due to health concerns given I was the oldest counselor there at the age of 32 and suffering from not only severe athlete's food, but also having a hard time staying healthy, I told them I was going home and handed them a letter of resignation.
The first paycheck I got midway through was only for $750, and was supposed to be for 2 camp sessions plus training, which should have been more, as our first week was 3 days, and then training week was a full 6 days, plus two camp sessions. The director told me she mailed out my paycheck that I wasn't there to get, and it was for 2 weeks of pay, which will likely come out to only around $500, meaning that if I had stayed the whole time, I likely would have been shorted also and still having to deal with this.
The way I calculated it is that if each of the 6 sessions are 6 days each, and then you have 9 days of training, that's 45 days, of which I worked 33. That would be $216.66 that I was shorted, but I don't know if that's how they would calculate it if a small claims case was made.
So, here's the dilemma. The only way I can real take this out with them in court is if they agreed to be on Judge Judy or something, which I'd be fine with as I'd finally be eligible for my Screen Actors' Guild union card, because I can't go all the way out to Washington just to recover around 200 dollars. The agreement I signed they called a contract, but I 100% doubt it is legally binding, as it said I could terminate it, and didn't say anything about a penalty for not giving the one week notice, but I don't know how it would look if I had quit and not worked out the entire term. I almost wonder if it would have been better just to have made them fire me instead of quitting, but that's another issue.
Would any division investigate this without requiring me to travel across country or appear in person if the payroll department blows me off?
