Updated: 7:05 PM EDT Jul 14, 2021 Jake Cookson Digital Media Manager A judge has ordered former employees of the now-defunct Koffee Kup Bakery and Vermont Bread Company receive outstanding back pay, according to the state s top lawyer. Video: Former Koffee Kup employees have PTO pay taken without noticeIn a statement delivered Wednesday afternoon, the office of Attorney General T.J. Donovan said Chittenden Superior Court made the decision. Collectively, workers are expected to receive more than $800,000 in paid time off plus an additional $16,437 in interest for the delayed payment. These hardworking Vermonters are entitled to these funds rightfully earned, Donovan wrote. In addition, I am pleased that the court-ordered payment of interest for these funds, which were rightfully owed to employees given the significant delay in payment. The decision comes after more than a month of uncertainty for former employees, who were laid off abruptly in late A
Wages given to former Koffee Kup employees taken back the next day
MyNBC 5 5/12/2021
Former Koffee Kup Bakery employees tell NBC5 that on Thursday, they received wages from their accrued paid time off. Only to see that the very next day, those funds were taken back.
Transaction statements show thousands of dollars deposited from Koffee Kup Bakery to a recently laid off employee. Jon Sawlan, former area sales manager says,
“In my case, the paid time off, was another mortgage payment and a half. So that’s another month and a half that you don’t have to crack into savings that you were saving for retirement of whatever the case may be.”