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My employer, a TX based company, owes me almost 2 years back pay and expenses. He also owns a parent company. I work for sub company. They have a board of directors and have ownership in a large concrete facility. They owe close to $200,000. Can I sue the parent company and board of directors for allowing him to hold pay, promise to pay. Then life and not pay. Who is ready for war. He totally destroyed a hardworking. Honest family. We are rich like him.

Asked on September 10, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Louisiana

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

If the employer who owes you money is an LLC or corporation (as is implied by your talk of "parent company" and "sub-company"), you can only sue that company itself, not a its corporate parent or the board of directors or any managers or owners. An LLC or corporation is its own legal entity or person; only it, and not those who own it, are responsible for its debts, the same way that if you own GM stock and GM is sued, you, as a stockholder, are not liable. The corporate and LLC legal structures or forms protect their owners and affiliates and directors from liability. So you need to sue the company which employed you.


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