Worst thing that could happen to my day yesterday

@rsa101 (40191)
Philippines
September 12, 2025 12:00am CST
Yesterday was a very stressful and unnerving experience for me. My wife had submitted her resignation letter to her employer about a month ago, and yesterday was meant to be her last day at work. However, her employer prevented her from leaving until she completed her assigned tasks. I decided to go to her workplace to fetch her and had a heated discussion with her employer, who insisted she could not leave until they were fully satisfied with her work. I argued that her legal obligation ended at the last hour of her shift, and as a resigned employee, she had every right to leave. Initially, there was resistance, but when I pointed out that they were illegally detaining her past her shift, they finally allowed her to leave. The situation was intense, and I strongly believe she was being harassed for resigning from her position.
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@allknowing (153542)
• India
12 Sep
I have never heard of any such conditions except notice which I see she has given Hope she has received all her dues.
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@rsa101 (40191)
• Philippines
12 Sep
According to our labor laws, the last pay will be given within 30 days from her effectivity date when she resigned, which was yesterday. So we wait until around October 11 before we can ask to release her last pay. If they refused, then we can now appeal to our labor arbiter to compel the employer to release it to us.
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@allknowing (153542)
• India
12 Sep
@rsa101 Why should an employee wait for 30 days and that rule is not right We get our dues on the last day.
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@rsa101 (40191)
• Philippines
12 Sep
@allknowing I do not know what the reasoning for this but that is what is in the law so I cannot do anything about it but wait. The thing is my wife was emotionally and mentally traumatized in this incident that I have to go there and get her. I think I have all the rights for this.
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@aninditasen (17665)
• Raurkela, India
12 Sep
This was very mean of her employer. Hope they give her dues properly.
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@jstory07 (145816)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Sep
Yes she was being harassed. Did she get another job.
@JudyEv (362917)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep
What a very sad end to a work period. It's good you went to fetch her. It sounds like she needed someone to back her up.