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Travel expenses reimbursement
I was a W2 employee of one company from Reston. The subcontract me to a bigger company also from VA to their client out of state. My contract stated hourly rate and expenses. Due to the sloppy procedures they took almost 2 months to reimburse me for the first 2 weeks and the rest remained unpaid 19K. I cannot go to the small claims court as it’s over 15k. Where do I start? I contacted VA Dept of Labor, they only deal with unpaid wages. Ironically, the amount they owe me is higher than what I received in my wages. I am looking for somebody to guide in the process, can do filing myself.
Asked on February 23, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, New Jersey
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
The only way to recover your money is to sue. If you were contracted to work in NJ, you can likely sue in a NJ court but will have to serve the company out-of-state, where it is located in VA. That will increase cost and complexity, and also the cost and complexity of actually being paid after you sue them and (presumably) win, if they do not then honor the judgement but instead force you to go to collections efforts. You are strongly encouraged to retain a lawyer to help you, even though they want a retainer upfront (which is standard in cases like this). If you are determined to act as your own attorney, you will sue in what is called Law Division. You can get instructions, sample forms, and court rules online, from the NJ judiciary website.
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