What can I do if I work for a security company but it always pay me late?
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What can I do if I work for a security company but it always pay me late?
We are supposed to get our checks every other Friday but that is not the case with me. I have spoken with co-workers and they get their checks on time and sometimes get their checks delivered to them at work. Every time they hand me my check, I’m told that I cannot cash it because they do not have funds in the bank to pay me. I am still owed a check that I was supposed to get paid 1 month ago. Every time I ask where is my check, I’m told that I will get it at the end of the week and then I never hear about it. I have to keep asking over and over for it.
Asked on March 21, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
There's very little you can do about chronic late payment other than looking for a different job, especially if the problem is that they lack funds to pay you. (And if your employer is in that sort of financial distress, that's another reason to look for a different job.) There really isn't a good legal mechanism to address problem.
If they never pay you the missing check, you could sue them for the money--that would be the only way to get it. Obviously, suing your employer is a last resort, when all else has failed and you've essentially given up on the job anyway.
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