I have a balance of 26.41 vacation hours; maybe more and I just got laid off. Doesn't my previous employer have to pay this ?

You are correct. Isf the vacation pay has vested, meaning it has already been earned, it must be paid at the time of termination. See California...

Fired by employer, own a sole proprietor business that is making big revenue but running a net loss, can I get unemployment?

One of the eligibility criteria to collect unemployment is you have to be looking for work and be willing to accept a job if offered. If you are...

My boss wants to change my payment of hours worked to salary , it is legally permuted ? even if I'm not agree ?

If you fall within one of the recognized legal exemptions, an employer can pay its employees a salary rather than hourly and not have to pay...

I am an on-call employee and have not worked for 2 months. Can I claim unemployment?

Submit a claim to the EDD. If you are not working, through no fault of your own, you should be eligible for benefits, assuming you earned enough,...

I agree with Mr. Eschen. Unless you signed a written agreement guaranteeing you would be paid at a certain rate for a specified time, the employer...

Were I work we have been reclassified to hourly in Nov 2012. How long to they have to pay for overtime and breaks not taken?

Employers sometimes misclassify employees, either intentionally or negligently, and when they learn they cannot do so, are faced with the difficult...

Was fired and am signing termination papers today, is there anything i should know?

Perhaps, the most important thing for you to know is that you are not required to sign anything. Since you have already been fired, the employer is...

Moral character q: Was fired at a college job I held in the dorm post office for not showing up to work 3 times. Disclose or no?

Disclose to who? You may not need to add this job on your resume, but if you are filling out a job application and they ask who you were employed...

Can I sue my old job? I need to know if I have a case against previous job. Quit job 8/8/2011.

I will not address any potential workers compensation issues you may have had, since you say you suffered from work related stress, because I only...

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Can I say my Job laid me off if I called and wanted to quit because I was in pain?

You wrote that you quit. Regardless of the reason, how do you interpret that as a layoff? If you were to say to a government agency, such as the...