Manager Refuses To Pay Out Employee's Vacation Days, Employee Serves Up Malicious Compliance

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mattstaff
Oct 17, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

The devil really is in the details. This manager was clearly one of those profoundly tiresome human beings who refuses to be reasonable. The good news for the employee in this situation is that their manager failed to read up on the very contract that they used as a fallback, when trying to skip out on paying their employee for their unused vacation days. Suffice to say, it's a sweet fairytale ending. If you want to keep the malicious compliance going, check out this story about a customer service rep who cancelled a rude customer's television service while he watched.

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    Font - The time "read your contract" backfired regarding holiday pay Back in 2015 I worked for a pretty dismal call centre. It was an outsourced centre that handled customer support for a lot of UK retailers. Staff turn over was real high, with the vast majority being on temporary contracts and the promise of a permanent contract being hung over people heads to make them suck up being treated like crap. After working there for about two years, in late February of that year I was offered a perman
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    Font - The pay was slightly better, the job security was better, the only major difference was how holidays where handled. People on temporary contracts where paid for any unused holidays at the end of the working year in April. People on permanent contracts had to use their holidays or they would lose them. I had just over 3 weeks holidays saved up, so the day I accepted I booked 3 weeks of in March so as i wouldn't lose them in April.
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    Font - March rolled around and my manager told me that my holidays had been refused. I said that's fine as long as they pay me for them, and he replied that no if you dont use your holidays you lose them. I said that i was trying to use my holidays and they where not letting me. He shrugged said it's the "duty of the employee to manage their holiday time wisely and I should read my contract" despite the fact i had only gotten that contract 3 weeks earlier and the holidays worked differently. Und
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    Font - The contract clearly stated I had to give a weeks notice, and that any holidays not used would be paid to any leaving employee in full on their last paycheck. The next day I came into work and announced I would be quitting unless paid my holidays or allowed to take the time off, and if they accepted my notice then to be sure my holiday days was included in my final paycheck. My boss asked me if I was really going to quit over this, and I replied was he really going to lose one of his most
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    Font - He wouldn't budge, I assume he thought I was bluffing. So I handed in my notice, and on my leaving interview with my managers manager made sure to explain exactly why I was leaving. And yes my final paycheck did include my unused holiday days. The end. 4 26.3k 501 ,↑, Share V
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