Recent content by Chipan

Forgive me if I'm not cynical enough yet to consider policy to be worth less than the paper it's on. I generally think that a company who honors their policy is operating good faith, thus to expect every company not to honor their policy is to expect every company to act in bad faith. So I do...

Update HR recently responded to me saying that differential is not paid for PTO that is paid out. I responded specifically on the policy to see if I could get them to admit they are not following their own policy. The policy states “team members who qualify for shift differential will receive...

I do know this is technically true as even the fine print of the policy states it is not a legally binding contract. However, I know things can be complicated when the policy is regarding PTO. For example, they cannot agree to pay you a certain amount of PTO then just decide lower it. California...

They operate nationally, hence both the general policy and CA policy.

Thanks for the info. For now I contacted HR and they said they forwarded the case to the payroll team. My manager seems confident they will just correct the discrepancy, but I wasn’t sure and wanted to see if I had legal recourse. I know the policy clearly states I’m entitled to the differential...

This issue is related to the other thread I made but I don’t think it fits under the same. This issue is concerning what our company’s policy states vs what they actually do. It’s a little complicated but I’ll be as clear as possible. The issue is specifically concerning their PTO carryover...

I read the articles, but I fail to see anything that would contradict the letter from 2003. Is there something I missed that would void my entitlement to differential pay upon payout of my PTO?

What is the name of your state? California So recently my company decided to pay out PTO instead of carrying it over for PTO going into this year specifically. I just saw it on my paystub for the amount equal to my base rate. The problem is I also have a $1 differential pay because I work...