Alright, I’m rather angry but I’ll try to keep this factual:
My co-workers and I were told by our Assistant Director, who does the payroll, that we would be paid holiday pay if we worked on the 3rd of July. We all signed up to work that day in the expectation that we would be getting that extra pay.
Yesterday, (July 13th) we were told that Corporate decided to only pay us our normal wages. It is in our written contract (that our manager refuses to let us see) between our branch and corporate that July 3rd is not covered for holiday pay.
This doesn’t seem right to me. We worked that day on the expectation of making a certain amount per hour. Also, we were told we would be making holiday pay by the person who is the only link to this information we have. Can they really not pay us what was promised?
Secondly, can they really prevent us working drones from seeing our contract? Apparently this contract lists the days that count for holiday pay, and since we can’t trust the verbal word of this, I personally think I should have some sort of right to get this in writing.
IANAL. Sounds like a breach of contract (a verbal contract). But to claim, you’d likely have to sue/threaten to sue. In any event, if you have a boss that won’t let you see your contract (and, by the way, how do you not have a copy of it??), you need to get a lawyer.
Your post is unclear. What is “our written contract”. Who is the contract with? Who is it between? Employers are generally expected to provide fairly complete documentation of their hiring agreement to workers.
What did you get when you joined? Are you unionized?
Ah, I should have clarified that. When I asked to see our contract, his response was “That contract is between our corporate and those we subcontract to, you don’t need a copy. Everything you need is in the employee handbook.”
Said employee handbook begins with the phrase “Anything found within is not a legally binding contract, and may change without notice”.
No union. If we had that, we wouldn’t be in this predicament.
Contact your state’s department of labor (or whatever they call it there). You can find it’s website from a link on this page: Department of Labor Web Sites
We don’t give legal advice here, so I’ll close his thread and refer you to a site like lawguru.com, where you can ask your question of a lawyer licensed in your jurisdiction.