Q: My vacation payoff was denied even though it is spelled out in our personnel manual
When I resigned, how does it get payed out?
A: In Pennsylvania if the employer has a policy in which it pays an employee earned, unused vacation time when the employment relationship ends; the employer must follow that policy and if it does not, the employee may have an action under Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law, 43 Pa C. S. §260.1 , where the employee could recover the value of that time, liquidated damages in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (of the total amount of the time, reasonable attorneys’ fees, interest and costs,
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