If my employer hasn’t paid me for 2 months, what are my options?
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If my employer hasn’t paid me for 2 months, what are my options?
Asked on January 19, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
1) Contact the state department of labor to file a wage and hour complaint; they may be able to help.
2) If they won't or can't help, or are simply taking two long, file a lawsuit against the employer: when you do work for someone in exchange for pay and they don't pay, they are violating the oral (unwritten) agreement pursuant to which you worked and should be liable to you (responsible to pay you) under a breach of contract theory. You would sue for the unpaid wages.
3) Independent of the above, look for a new job: an employer who doesn't pay you for two months is incompetent, careless, in financial distress, criminal, or more than one of the above.
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