Live and work in California.
I am being laid off from my job (Friday is my last day). As of today 2/1/2023, the company policy lists that 3 weeks PTO is granted at the beginning of each year. Their payroll software, however, shows my PTO to be on an accrual basis, so no balance shows except hours of accrual for the first 5 weeks of the year.
Now that I am being laid off, is my employer obligated to pay out the supposedly granted three weeks PTO to me, since the policy wasn't changed before the grant date? I want to get what I am legally owed upon exit.
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