Hello,
I was laid-off this week out of nowhere, they told me on Tuesday morning and 10 minutes later I had no access to anything. Couldn't even say goodbye. Another 7 people were affected too. The thing is that the company organizes a summer retreat and I had already purchased flights, that were to be reimbursed after the flight was taken. Now that I'm not part of the company, I'm obviously not attending said retreat, and when asked about reimbursement, they said that I could get a credit from the airline and use it for a future trip. This does not sit well with me. First, as I'm unemployed right now I am not going to be taking any trips soon, and second, it was $225. That's a whole month worth of food for me.
Is this legal? Is there anything I can do for them to reimburse me? For reference, I'm located in Colorado.
Update: they are going to reimburse me after all. Small win I guess.