Can a company withhold your payroll check for any reason. please read on?

Question

i started working at menards about a month ago. i started on a thursday and worked that day that next friday and saturday. they pay bi-weekly so that was the end of the pay period. the HR guy said i might have a check but he couldnt promise that i would be on payroll in time. the check was suppose to come the week after i started. i didnt get one. so its been two weeks since i should ahve got the check, three and a couple days since i started. heres my problem. the HR guy said that i will be gettin the check from the first three days that i worked, or the first check i should ahve received. they wont combine that one with the one i should be getting for a whole two weeks. so ill be check behind until i dont work there anymore when then i will get one for the last two weeks of my employment. WHAT IM ASKING IS CAN THEY WITHHOLD MY CHECK FOR EXTRA TIME LIKE THAT???

Answer 1

Not really, but it depends on the corporation. Ask a couple of employees if this happened when they first started.

I worked for a company that waited 6 weeks to pay me due to the distance from the site to corporate, but was on time every 2 weeks afterwards. It took time for them to process all info. But they allowed me to get cash if I needed it. I just paid them back when I got my big first check.

Don't let this go. Make sure you are paid!