If you get fired do you get paid for any vacation not taken?

My bf got fired today from his job. He is salaried. I thought you had to be paid for any vacation time that you haven't taken yet...he gets 3 weeks a year...starting in January I think. Does anyone know if your company has to legally pay you for this?


Thanks!|||Yes, he should get paid for it. Alternatively, if he resigned, he should also get paid for whatever he accrued. But, this has to be earned time, and it has to be PAID time - not just vacation. I will note, if he is an attorney or a consultant or part of a profession that is responsible for billable hours, he might not qualify. He needs to check the policy also, b/c vacation time may not roll over from one year to another.


Most companies don't voluntarily send you the money - he needs to ask for it, and he should ask for severance. Usually saying you will file for unemployment unless they give severance prods them into it b/c that is cheaper than having to pay more to the state unemployment fund forever and ever.


For Max Power's question, the idea is that, if I were to give notice of quitting on May 1, effective May 15, I could simply take my two weeks earned vacation time starting on May 1, and get paid for the next two weeks - and never show up again.|||they should but if he was salaried why does he get vacation? salary means your paid whether you work or not.|||If he had been working for over a year and had vacation time that he has not taken, he should get that money as well.|||I think he should. But he probably accrues vacation from January 1. So he might only be qualified to get paid for 1 1/2 weeks.|||It depends on the state. You will have to check the labor laws in your area. In California any unused, accrued vacation time is to be paid at the time of separation.|||Yes they do. That is time earned.|||Companies have to pay accrued vacation time in the following states:





California


Illinois


Iowa


Louisiana


Maine


Massachusetts


North Carolina


Oregon


Rhode Island


Tennessee





However, even if your state does mandate accrued vacation pay, you might not be entitled to it if you don't follow company policy or the terms of your employment contract when terminating your employment.|||No, they do NOT have to pay you for it, although most companies will.|||Depends on the employer. Legally, I don't think they have to. Vacation time is a benefit. When you get a job they don't have to give you vacation at all if they don't want to.|||It is time earned so yes|||most companies, NO, sorry:)|||He should get that 3 weeks (or at least 1 1/2 weeks prorated) as his severance.|||yes my husband did, expect a check in the mail