Am I eligible for payment if my company has changed my resignation date?

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Am I eligible for payment if my company has changed my resignation date?

I announced my planned resignation for 30 April 2019 to my company’s Board
of Directors via email letter. When the Board responded, they notified me that
the organization is closing the office I work in and laying off the other
employee to move operations to another country. The Board has said my last
day will be 30 March 2019. Am I entitled to any kind of severance i.e. paid-out
vacation days or payment because 1 my last day was changed, or 2 because
my job is being eliminated when the office is closed and operations are moved
overseas? Thank you

Asked on February 18, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 5 years ago | Contributor

No, you would only be entitled to compensation or payment IF you had a written contract guarantying you a certain minimum amount of notice for the end of your employment, in which case, the employer would have to honor that contractually specified period. But in the absence of a contract to the contrary, an employer may terminate your employment at any time, for any reason; employment in this nation is "employment at will" except when there is a contract gurantying employment or a certain period of compensation. That being the case, your employer can move up the last day of your employment and does not owe you any compensation for doing so; they are not bound by the resignation notice you provided.


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