Company higher-ups try to swindle an employee out of the mandated two weeks' pay after they resign: ‘He says… the handbook doesn't matter’

When you were first hired in your role, did you read your employee handbook top to bottom? Or, did you skim over the important parts about PTO, sick days, bonuses, and the like? Most of us don't peel our eyes back and sit down for hours trying to decode the purposefully confusing jargon companies use in their handbooks, mostly because we're focused on the fact that we actually scored a job in an unsteady hiring climate. This story is a perfect example of why you should read the handbook, even if you think it won't apply to you. And, yes, even if your boss feels that they can override the handbook. That's just not how these things work in the real world.

The higher-ups you'll read about in the story below try to swindle one of their employees out of their two weeks' mandated pay after they resign. The employees schools the CEO on the employee handbook, and the CEO basically laughs in their face. I wonder if he'll keep laughing once a lawyer hears about this case… Easy money. Scroll below to read the full story.

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