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Payday came around and I picked up my check and, lo and behold, there was no vacation time on my check. I went straight to the Operation Manager's office and her first words were, "I'm sorry I didn't talk to you before you picked up your check." Yeah, right. So, what's the story? I was told that I was due no vacation time. When I had left APAC for forty days over September and October, 2002, my anniversary date was moved from January 7 to February 16 in order to come up with a full 52 weeks for my stats. I understood this when I returned to work there in October. Vacation time at APAC is earned by working there 52 weeks, and the amount is determined by the number of hours an employee works. If the employee works at least 1000 hours, the total number of hours over the year is divided by fifty, and that's how many hours the employee is due for vacation over the following year. I was told that my total hours worked from January 7, 2002, through January 7, 2003, was 925... just short of the 1000 neccessary to qualify for paid vacation. Wait a second here... my anniversary date was changed to February 16, and over that period I had plenty of hours worked. I was told that wasn't the way it worked... my anniversary date was actualy January 7. I asked if she was sure if my anniversary date was January 7. She said yes. I asked if she had any doubt that my anniversary date was January 7. She said no. I said in a heartbeat, "Then you owe me $130." The OM did a double-take. How did I figure? I said since my anniversary date was January 7 and since my annual review and subsequent raise didn't go into effect until February 16, that APAC owed me retroactively the amount of my pay raise going back until January 7. She said, "I'll have to look into that," but just as quickly I told her, "You don't have to look into squat. You just told me you were sure and had no doubt my anniversary date was January 7." That's when my annual raise was to go into effect. |