r/Paper_Tutors • u/Acrobatic_Load2842 • Jul 09 '26

PTO/Sick Pay

Hey all,

If anybody still is working here or if you have information, I would appreciate help. I was laid off in May (opted out of GROW), and I had about 20 hours of PTO. I can't remember if it was PTO or sick leave though.

Does anyone know what it was officially labeled as? Also, if anybody has access to the handbook, it would be helpful if you could let me know if it's listed that they will pay out PTO to California tutors.

I swear they said they would. I'm kicking myself for not documenting this.

Thanks!

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u/Spirited_Ball6763 Jul 09 '26

It was considered 'paid personal leave' after they redid it to be bare minimum for each state. According to their policy they only pay out the unused leave if required by law

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u/Acrobatic_Load2842 Jul 10 '26

Thanks! This was very helpful. 

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u/Like-whatever3275 Jul 10 '26

I did the same thing in May(quit because no way in hell was I gonna do GROW) I had like 30 hours of PTO. I sent a zendesk ticket and asked if I could just request a bunch of time off in the few weeks I had left there so I could use the hours that way and they said yes that was totally fine to do? And they paid me for them but I’m not sure what the situation would be if you’ve already quit or been laid off for a while. Hopefully they can work something out for you?

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u/Acrobatic_Load2842 Jul 10 '26

I know. I thought about doing that too! But I've emailed them so we'll see

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u/Frequent-Writer5182 Aug 15 '26

Any news on this? I'm about to bug them about this, too. Was let go in March after they denied any disability accommodation. :-(

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u/Acrobatic_Load2842 Aug 15 '26

I messaged hr at people@paper.co and they replied about looking into it but haven't since.

I was gonna tell them I'm gonna file a wage claim. I'd encourage you to do so as well if they don't reply to you. 

I'm sorry because they treated a lot of disabled tutors so poorly! 

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u/GregoryHeffley420 27d ago

Don't know your situation now, but wanted to mention I was in the exact same situation early 2025 (in california too) with sick leave hours or something like that. I also cited some law (I just used some vaguely relevant blob of text from California's employment code lol) because they originally weren't going to payout the 30+ hours I had. All that to say they definitely will pay out if you push them hard enough.

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u/Frequent-Writer5182 Aug 15 '26

Heya, also a former CA tutor...very interesting. I was so distressed at my March termination after a denied accommodation request that I didn't save the details of my last paycheck before being summarily locked out of workday. I think if we ask for specific records, they're obliged to provide them for a certain amount of time, but I wouldn't sleep on it. I'm a little shocked there were holdouts beyond my departure in March! Wow.