Employer takes away already accrued vacation days with new policy.

[commentator]

Is it an express contract or not? I don't recall the "weak" contract exception in contracts class.

I agree it is "modifiable" in an at will state for all future work after the modification. But, you don't get me to work for a week at an agreed $10 an hour and then, at the end of the week you say, "no, I don't think the job was worth $10 after all, here's a breath mint for your trouble."

I have actually seen it happen as you describe above, and as long as the employer paid minimum wage for the hours worked, that was what the contract was worth. This from federal wage and hour.

 

[tranquility]

I have actually seen it happen as you describe above, and as long as the employer paid minimum wage for the hours worked, that was what the contract was worth. This from federal wage and hour.

Sure, yet, the OP seems to be calculating a specific vacation accurral. Where did that come from? Just a wishful fantasy "implied" by the fact they were allowed to work?