If you are suspended from work without pay, do they pay you later? (employment, collect)

[11thzodiac]

Do they pay you later after your suspension is up?

[ERH]

It's a punishment. I would say no, unless it is determined that the suspension was unfounded and you didn't do what they accused you of doing.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by ERH

It's a punishment. I would say no, unless it is determined that the suspension was unfounded and you didn't do what they accused you of doing.

Correct, and more often, the result is firing.

[joe from dayton]

Not unless they suspended you in error.

[jribe]

no.. that's why it's called "suspended without pay" - means you will not be paid.

[Rabrrita]

How and what the pay situation will be is company dependent. The company decides how they handle this.

However, company suspensions without pay as punishment for a company violation has no bearing on the legal definition of termination for the purpose of State labor laws, State wage & hour laws or State unemployment benefit laws.

So, depending on what state you are in, a suspension without pay is the same as being terminated and would trigger immediate pay for all time already worked, and may even result in the ability to collect unemployment benefits.

[MSchemist80]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

a suspension without pay is the same as being terminated and would trigger immediate pay for all time already worked, and may even result in the ability to collect unemployment benefits.

Unless of course, the company can show misconduct that would disqualify someone from receiving UI.