can I file a claim for lost wages or do I have to sue my employer?
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can I file a claim for lost wages or do I have to sue my employer?
My employer called me 2 hrs before my shift and told me I would be doing a different job now, I asked for a meeting to have this change explained and I was told that I was going to be getting a better position, I asked my employer to put it in writing I was told I would have it the next day….I never got anything in writing and was never put on the schedule, I checked in regularly but got the run around the person who got my job is the best friend of a employee 22 years old who was playing grab **** with in front of me all the time, It made it very hard to work with this person because she didn’t have to do her job and new how to work it, two or three weeks before the job change I went to my boss and told him that it made it very hard to work with her because of his conduct and I did not like seeing it as well, after he made negative commits as jokes for a few days, he didn’t fire me or lay me off he asked me to please stay and I recorded the meeting I went two months and he asked me to do some bookkeeping for him and now after 6 weeks he has not paid me I told him I would not be doing anything for him anymore and let him know what a bad position he put me in I lost over $5000 in wages just waiting for this great job he had for me what should I do?
Asked on August 28, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you have not been getting paid for the work that you have been doiung for your employer for more than six (6) weeks in violation of the stated pay period for work, you need to consult with a representative with your local department of labor and/or a labor law attorney as to what your legal recourse would be.
Under the laws of all states in this country you are entitled to be paid immediately for the work that you have done.
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