I resigned from a large corporation last month. I explained to my manager that this was strictly a financial decision. He stated that he would like to keep me, so he would go to HR and see if they can increase my salary. He told me that I would need to send him a resignation letter right away so he could begin working on it. I sent him one and stated that I was giving my 2 weeks notice and my last day of service would be Feb. 18th. During these last two weeks, the team was away at a meeting. My manager told me to sit tight and not attend the meeting. Since I am in sales, I do not report to an office. However, it was my intention to stay with the company, so I continued workin from home until I heard from my manager.
On Feb 8th he told me that he could not increase my salary. He did not say anything about changing my last day of employment, so I had no reason to believe it was anything other than Feb. 18th. Meanwhile, I became very sick and incured about $1000.00 in medical bills. I found out last week that my employer cancelled my insurance on Feb. 5th. They claim that it is their policy to simply pay the employee the last 2 weeks of service. This left me uninsured for two weeks. Furthermore, if I had been told about this policy, I could have started my new job early - giving me a couple thousand dollars in wages. I was not made aware of this policy and, in fact still had the company car and equipment. I had no reason to believe I was no longer employeed. Is this legal, since our last agreed upon email stated that my last day of employement would be Feb 18th? I spoke to HR and they suggested that I use COBRA, but I would to have to pay for that myself and I will not be able to utilize my Flexible Spending account for the large deductible and my portion of medical expenses. When I asked my HR manager if this was legal she stated that she didn't know. She is not returning my phone calls. Please advise. Thank you!
On Feb 8th he told me that he could not increase my salary. He did not say anything about changing my last day of employment, so I had no reason to believe it was anything other than Feb. 18th. Meanwhile, I became very sick and incured about $1000.00 in medical bills. I found out last week that my employer cancelled my insurance on Feb. 5th. They claim that it is their policy to simply pay the employee the last 2 weeks of service. This left me uninsured for two weeks. Furthermore, if I had been told about this policy, I could have started my new job early - giving me a couple thousand dollars in wages. I was not made aware of this policy and, in fact still had the company car and equipment. I had no reason to believe I was no longer employeed. Is this legal, since our last agreed upon email stated that my last day of employement would be Feb 18th? I spoke to HR and they suggested that I use COBRA, but I would to have to pay for that myself and I will not be able to utilize my Flexible Spending account for the large deductible and my portion of medical expenses. When I asked my HR manager if this was legal she stated that she didn't know. She is not returning my phone calls. Please advise. Thank you!
