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Agreed. To your second point, do you mean after placing resignation? I understand paid leave cannot be taken after termination, but this was before my last day, and approved months prior. A policy that prevents employees from taking paid leaves after they place their resignation would seem to...

From Maryland DLLR website under "What is a wage" "Fringe Benefit. This could be many things, but often involves some accrued or accumulated compensation such as vacation ("annual") leave, sick leave, or other promised benefit. " https://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/wagepay/wpwhatiswage.shtml...

Thanks for the advice. I will mail the claim tomorrow and update the thread as it progresses.

I would think the same. The only thing holding me back from submitting my unpaid wages claim with the state is the possibility that my employer would file a lawsuit against me in retaliation. I have read there are laws against such retaliation, but cannot find the actual laws anywhere.

I assume the wording you were referring to was "each employer shall pay an employee or the authorized representative of an employee all wages due for work that the employee performed before the termination of employment ". Could bereavement be classified as wages since it was previously agreed...

Thanks for everyone's reply. I am going to go ahead and submit a labor compliant to the state since this is of not cost to me apart from time and postage, also citing section 3-505 (thanks adjusterjack). The problem is this employer does not have a formal company policy defining bereavement and...

State: Maryland I resigned from a company May 25th. I was approved for paid bereavement to attend a funeral May 10th and 11th, prior to my resignation. I received my pay stub recently , and the bereavement was not paid. I asked my the owner of my former company why it was not paid, and he said...