How do i make m former boss pay me for my last month’s wages if I was working under the table?

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How do i make m former boss pay me for my last month’s wages if I was working under the table?

Can I get the labor department involved even though I was working illegally? It was a 9-5 job and I was working at her place of business. We had a verbal agreement that I would finish work 2 months ago, when I was moving out of state. Our agreement was that any unfinished projects could be completed after I moved. Later on she went back on her word and insisted I finish extra projects that she didn’t initially ask me to do before I left. So I quit. Now she won’t pay me because she believes I was working under a contract even though we never had one and she had been paying by the hour.

Asked on May 7, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

If you were working for pay under the circumstances that you have written about and have not been paid for services performed, I suggest that you do the following:

1. write your former employer seeking payment for services rendered by a certain date. Keep a copy of the letter for future need and reference.

2. if the due date comes and goes, your options are to make a complaint against the employer with the local labor department and/or file a small claims action against the former employer.

Whether or not you were working under the table makes no difference with respect to the matter that you are writing about.


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