If I give my current employor a 3 week notice of my intentions to leave their company and they immediately release me, are they obligated to pay me for the 3 weeks?
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If I give my current employor a 3 week notice of my intentions to leave their company and they immediately release me, are they obligated to pay me for the 3 weeks?
That does not include unused vacation time that the employee handbook says will be paid in full providing at least a 2 week notice is given.
Asked on April 10, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, New Hampshire
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
No, an employer need not honor notice given by an employee. It can treat receipt of such notice as an immediate departure. Accordingly, the worker need not be paid for any time that they do not actually work. In other words, the day your employment stops, you are not entitled to any further compensation. This is true so long as the terms of any exisiting union agreement or employment contract do no provide otherwise.
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