[mikester]

Alright, So about 7 months ago I left my job of 4 years for another.

I had according to my pay stub about 90 hours of vacation remaining. The check I got on the way out the door was for 70 of it. The remaining 20 I was told was "front loaded" of what I would have gotten had I stayed the entire year.

Nothing like that had ever been explained to me while I was an employee and in talking to my supervisor at the time it was both our understandings that the amount of vacation listed on my stub was what I had and could take at any given time.

So, in my last days I went on a crusade to find out the correct information but I was never even able to find on our company web site or through HR the policy describing how we accrued vacation time. I was given verbal explanations but never was I able to get anything in writing.

So, I made a claim to the labor board. Of course my previous employer has denied that claim and since provided me with all of the documentation I couldn't get from them before the claim.

I do not want what isn't mine.

They say that at the beginning of every year I'm front loaded my vacation for the year and that as I use it - it goes away.

I'm not sure what I should do at this point. Like I said, I don't want what isn't mine and I don't want to make a false claim. We have a hearing date and all I really have that isn't verbal hearsay is my pay stubs. I was never able to come up with any company documentation to support or contradict my position.

Your advice/thoughts are appreciated.

-Mike
(in california by the way)