They dont want to give me holiday pay!?

I put in my 2 weeks notice at my job on 12/12/07, that would have made my last day the 26th. The office is closed on the 24th and the 25th, they are paid holidays, but I was just told today that instead I can make my last day the 21st so now I will not get paid for the holidays, can they do this?? Without actually firing me?

that really sucks, the reason they gave is that the day i would be coming in last (the 26th) would be a really slow week and everything would be practically empty, whatever. there's really nothing i can do?

yeah, they can do that, it's sneaky but they feel that you are leaving them so they don't want to reward you for that. you should of waited till after christmas to put that 2 week notice in. sorry but it looks like you out of luck on this one.

Absolutely yes! They really have the right's to do what ever they want and can just say it's because of a lack of performance at work..

Yes, they can!

Legality depends on where you live; Texas is an at-will employment state, for example, so you can quit or be fired at any time (barring discriminatory reasons), so they can dictate when you quit or they can fire you on that day anyway. It's just generally more polite and a good idea not to burn bridges, by giving notice... but it does happen that the employer says, okay, fine, go ahead and head out now, we don't need notice.
Really, notice is to give them time to changeover to your not being there, not for you to wind up your own affairs; if they don't need that time for transition, they may ask you to leave early.

They're just doing to you what you are trying to do to them.

You thought you could get quit a job and still get an employee benefit by manipulating your exit date to match a holiday. You were asking them to pay you for work you never intended to do--or atleast asking them to treat you as a valued employee when you are really stabbing the company in the back.

It doesn't work that way. When you formally "resign" from a company, they can decide that you don't even need to work through a two-weeks' notice. If the company is afraid you'll badmouth them to other workers they will be likely to do this.

In addition, most all companies write a "good standing" clause into holiday pay benefits. If you resign, you are no longer in good standing, and holiday freeebies don't apply.

Yea, you tried to scam them and it didn't work.

Yes. They could have accepted your resignation immediately on the 12th and been within their legal rights. They are not obligated to keep you past your resignation. You aren't fired, you resigned. They simply accepted the resignation before the two weeks were up.

They aren't firing you, they are just telling you, " your services are no longer required."
Just accept it, they can do what they are doing, and move on.

you should said nothing until you left. you must of had the idea they wee crap-x.