If I turn in a 2 week resignation letter, is my employer obligated to pay me through the date of my letter or the day it sends me home?
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If I turn in a 2 week resignation letter, is my employer obligated to pay me through the date of my letter or the day it sends me home?
Asked on March 21, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Maryland
Answers:
Hong Shen / Roberts Law Group
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
It is not quite clear what you described. If you sent in the two week notice, you are obliged to work through the two weeks and your employer will have to pay you for the time there. If during the two weeks your employer fires you, then your payment will be cut short to the date you are fired.
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