Stephen K
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No, he cannot. Contact the department of labor |
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C.A.T.â„¢13
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State to state have different laws but Im sure it is legal.
Most payroll is behind a week anyway for processing. Usually you dont get paid until the end of the week from the previous week. Some companies pay biweekly and are 2 weeks behind.
This may be a new policy going into effect across all hourly staff and with reasonable notice to their staff to make the neccessary financial adjustments, it is ethical to do so. There might have been some issues in the past where employees terminated and owed money for something (ie: uniform). This way the company can deduct any balance from the last check.
Read the policies and procedures, check with your local labor board and find out if they are following proper procedures to do this. |
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set apart
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Were you paid the very first week you began working?
Also, read the manual and the paperwork you signed. It should tell you. |
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Jay
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Unless they are correcting a situation where they overpaid you, no.
You should be paid, on an agreed upon schedule (weekly, bi-weekly, twice-a-month are all common). Which means that, yes, you'll work for that length of time without getting paid.
If they paid you on your first day (putting them "in the hole"), then they might be correcting this.
Otherwise, no. This doesn't not seem right.
Ask them to show you an accounting of how this works. |
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Catherine B
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Depends on the state you work in; sounds fishy to me though, like your employer is having tough times making payroll. Call your state department of labor and ask someone there. And start looking for a different job. |
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mark m
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not sure about the legality but it sure would pizz me off |
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mack attack
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i don't know whether or not it is legal but i think its stupid and unethical. If they do it more than once go to human resources and see if they can help |
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Lori M
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im not a 100% on this but i dont think he is allowed to do that. they are supposed to do it the first week you start working there. are you getting paid on or off the books? I would start looking for another job because that sounds real shady |
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Glockwork
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I don't know if it's illegal, but it certainly sounds unethical. |
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HI
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usually when i leave a job i get it at the end of the week when i usually get paid. If you have bills to pay you can bring them to court, my friend did that when his work withheld his last paycheck because he decided to quit and they wouldnt pay him as they were down a man and were angry with him. |
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Me
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i think they do that everywhere. they did that to me at a job and when i quit they said they had already given me the money with the 2nd check i got from them. but i dont think they did. anyway it's hard to argue with "the man" |
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Spermhearder
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take him to small claims, or go to the state board......... and ask................. I'm guessing you have a legitimate claim................... Good Luck...............!=) |
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nikolai
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if they withhold it when you first begin your job, it technically is legal and many employers do it for one, sometimes even two weeks. but i'm not so sure about the legality of it once you've worked an entire four months with them. if they withheld it when you first started, and are claiming that is what they are doing now, i would make it clear to them that they already have done that and that you find it wrong for them to withhold your final pay. hope this helps, good luck! |
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kendra
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i think it is perfectly legal however it doesnt seem like someone would just do that all of the sudden. most places depending on where you work hold the first weeks paycheck anyway. This is because if you lose the job or you quit you will still have a week's worth of money left. In my opinion it was a smart desision.
I hoped this helped!
srry if it didn't |
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