For vague reasons, back in January my company had to fire a lot of employees, temporarily make "full time" employees (4 days a week, 30 hours) part time (22.5 hours), demote people, eliminate roles consolidate roles. I'm in the 30 down to 22.5 camp.
I couldn't afford to commute (or eat or pay bills) at 22.5 hours and I've always been a top performer. So I emailed asking if I could get my old schedule back (I was making $29 a week too much to receive unemployment) they were quick to accommodate. I only missed two or three shifts, but I'm still trying to catch up financially.
In the meantime I have found another job, in town. But today I went to check my PTO and all that I had accrued as a full time employee (near the cap of 130 hours) was gone. I've only accrued 18 since the January fuckery it seems.
I'm in California and the company meets the criteria of having enough employees in California to where PTO is to be paid out based on last hourly wage. I just don't know where to even begin with this. I am really hurting financially and have been banking on getting that PTO paid out upon leaving.
Posted by boygriv
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Have you asked the company? That’s the starting point. If they say “sorry it’s just gone”, you can file a complaint with the California Dept of Industrial Relations
start by asking mgmt what happened to your PTO