In general, in the US, employers are not required to give either notice or severance pay to an employee except under certain conditions (layoffs, plant closings, etc) which you did not mention.
If your contract specifically says that they must give you notice before termination, or promises severance pay, then they must abide by the terms of the contract.
Otherwise, they are perfectly within the law in telling you "You want to quit? Okay, get out now, then" and paying you nothing more than the pay for the hours you actually worked. They'll probably also have to pay off your accrued vacation time (they may be able to get out of it if your resignation violated stated company policy... for example, if your contract or employee handbook requires four weeks notice rather than two, they might not have to pay you for your vacation time).
Yes.
Minnesota is an at will employer state so it means an employer can terminate an employee at any time for any reason. If a person gives their 2 week notice and they are then fired they may be able to collect unemployment.
He must pay you for the hours worked, regardless of who terminated the work realtionship or why. He does not have to pay for any hours not worked. If there is vacation time agreed upon, some states require this to be paid.
Of course! Pull out a five dollar bill and see whose picture is on it! Lincoln eliminated slavery. If the employer doesn't pay--call the state employment people.
Yes, as they can hand in there two weeks notice to there employer.
2 weeks
If you gave a two week notice in writing the employer should compensate you for that time although you don't work there. All depends on state laws, check with HR.
No employer is under any obligation to pay an employee who gives a two-week notice the additional two weeks. An employer can accept your notice but not accept the date of your notice. The notice is supposed to be the employee's attempt to eliminate or minimize the employer's trouble for the employee having left the position, by giving his/her employer time to find and train a replacement. But whether or not your employer decides to keep you on for additional time after you've submitted your notice is between you and the employer. Your employer is under no more obligation to keep you there than you are to stay there an additional two weeks. It's important additionally to see if the state in which you live is an "at will" state. In many states, an employer can essentially hire or fire for any or no cause.
In most places, no. Not unless it was part of the signed agreement previous to your notice.
When you're leaving a job and you tell your employer its called giving notice. If you decide to do this, it's usually customary to alert your employer two weeks in advance, i.e two week notice.
No, but you can be fired after putting in your two weeks notice.
When you're leaving a job and you tell your employer its called giving notice. If you decide to do this, it's usually customary to alert your employer two weeks in advance, i.e two week notice.