If she has earned it they have to pay it is

what I said.   There has to be something in writing or something inferred that there are benefits of paid time off/vacation and if so then she has to be paid.   If there is no such understanding then you cannot expect payment. 

I've been through this same situation. 

• Vacation Pay - MTINOH
  • I know if you work your notice you will get - sm - XXX
  • Answer to your question (sm) - Anon
    • Different company, so hopefully different policies. Thanks. - MTINOH
  • I recently left a company (sm) - Anon
  • Thanks. - MTINOH
  • I believe I remember it depends on the state. nm - Hope yours is okay! nm
  • please see inside - ...
  • That depends on the company's policy. - sm
    • Where I have been, you have to work out your notice - Me
  • With every job I have had... - anon
    • The national I worked for refused to pay mine when I decided to move on for better pay. - klm
    • OMG! I was going to post something similar. SM - Sumara
      • It is not illegal. Could be harmful for the - (sm)
        • As I stated, the company has prohibited taking SM - Sumara
      • If you have the hours they have to pay you for them, it is - me
        • This is a lie. Go look at the labor board website. - No one owes you paid time off, period.
          • If she has earned it they have to pay it is - me
          • It also depends on what your state laws say as well. sm - ET
            • I think all state labor laws are pretty much in line with the federal laws as far as PTO SM - Tinks
            • Actually, in Texas the employer must have - a policy stating such but

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company is required to send you a 1099 form and it must be postmarked by 1/31.

Like you and so many others, I have watched my wages as both an IC and an employee go down, down, down.  I worked for a company owned by an MT.  She paid very good wages but sold the company to an Indian company, who got rid of all the Americans except for a few who would accept very low pay.  It's funny...clients want 100% accuracy but they don't want to pay for it.  They agree that they can't just randomly pluck people off the street to do MT, that they have to hire experienced or trained people.  But they don't want to pay us for our experience or our training.  I am doing my last MT job. I have my bachelor degree almost completed and I'm outta here.  The lack of respect for MTs, from employers, other MTs, from offshore companies, from clients, from AAMT, is so disheartening.

"I definitely have made tons of money in my own business.  Sounds like low self-esteem on the posters below, unhappy, depressed."

Well, lots of people make "tons of money in their own business," i.e. hookers  and drug dealers - doesn't mean it's a profession. A profession is done by professionals - think law, medicine, teaching. MT is just a job. That being said, I'm still far from unhappy and depressed! LOL but it's still just a job. The body of knowledge to do MT is so far from what is considered a body of knowledge (again think law) it's not even in the running. Even a checker at Jewel has a specific body of knowledge. It's the comparison that counts, not the existence. Many people are uninformed about what profession actually means. Do some research, you'll see what I mean.