Hey everyone, I worked for a Fortune 100 company (Home Depot) as a salaried employee before I resigned in January 2022. At the time of my resignation, I had all of my vacation time available (80 hours) as I had just reached my work anniversary in November 2021.
I reached out to HR as I had not been reimbursed for this vacation time in a few pay cycles. They were able to clear that up, but when I received my paycheck this week, it only shows I was reimbursed for 13.33 hours. I called back HR and asked why I wasn't paid out for the 80 hours that I did have. They told me that while I had availability of the 80 hours to use at my disposal, I actually accrue those hours each month. So, since my hours renewed in November but I only worked December and January before quitting, I was only reimbursed for those accrued hours from those 2 months.
Is this legal? It feels really unfair that I'm not getting paid for my full vacation time and I need that to help pay my mortgage.