Help Wanted: Delaying, not paying wages illegal
Quick ReadI work for a private company. We went without pay for about 10 weeks, and then we started to get paid again. Now the checks are late. It seems the company is trying to pay us every three weeks instead of two. Is this legal?
Photo credit: iStock | An employer may cancel a former worker’s insurance arrangement after repeated late payments.
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
DEAR CARRIE: I work for a private company. We went without pay for about 10 weeks, and then we started to get paid again. The checks were regular but every once in a while they would be late. It seems the company is trying to pay us every three weeks instead of two. Is this legal?
I would also like to recover the six paychecks the company owes me. Some of my colleagues are owed even more....
