How to go about reporting an employer about her delay in paying employees..?

Question

I have included a few things that I have written to her in a letter:

The circumstances that led to my decision to finally leave your company are your inability to pay your employees on time. I have had this happen twice before in the 14 months that I have been with you and the third time was and is the last time...... Per you, payday is on Tuesday. According to the Texas Payday Law, if you are going to send out our pay checks they need to arrive no later than PAYDAY! It is ridiculous that I would have to call you to receive my check almost a week later. By the way, the check that you “supposedly” sent out still has not made it so that leads me to believe that you didn’t bother to send it out in the first place.... That is the “classic Jane Doe way”. When you run a company you need to take care of the people that made you that money. I am very upset in the position that you left me in and YOU caused me to have to pay money out of my pocket to cover charges that you caused.

Answer 1

I can not speak for Texas law but there may be a parallel with California which has a 'State Labor Commissioner'.

Here it is a simple process to file a complaint that you have not been paid or received your paycheck. Thats pretty much it. They will do it from there once they verify that you are owed a salary. If it is a matter of more then just YOUR paycheck (ie: the employer is habitually late or has not paid many of the employees) they will take stronger action.

The downside here is that, at that point, it is out of your hands. You will end up with your paycheck (less deductions of course) but never know if anything else happens (confidentiality issues).

An alternate is to 'wapnerize' them. (Small claims court) . There you can also bring in hearsay evidence to support your claim (normally not allowed in Civil courts) for not only salary but reimbursement for costs which can be directly attributed to their failure to pay you in a timely manner. You can not collect lost time in BRINGING the suit, but, say you had to borrow money to pay the rent, you could sue for related costs such as interest or loan fees.

After that it gets somewhat specific to YOUR state. If you follow that route, you will need to find the comparable state office and file a complaint.

Someone else pointed out about the 'venting' in the text of the question. I understand your "ire", but that will not help your case when you present it in either format. Make your complaint civil and complete... do NOT try to tell them what they SHOULD have done or SHOULD do.. that is no longer your concern or business and it weakens your position. Explain clearly and honestly what they/he/she FAILED to do and how it negatively impacted you. Then close with what you feel is a fair and honest process that will make you whole. Document and summarize your costs and claims, and then 'sit back down'.

good luck

Answer 2

I know how frustrating that can can be. I've had paychecks delayed for 2 weeks before!
Although the information you wrote in the letter needs to be communicated to your employer, much of that seems like something you should talk about with her face to face rather than in a letter. Your resignation letter should be factual, but not angry or accusing. Include the reason for leaving, but keep the personal parts (i.e. the situation she put you in) out of any professional correspondence. Keep in mind that this letter will more than likely be kept in your file and if you need anything from them at all in the future, you don't want to burn bridges by leaving on bad terms.

Instead, thank her for the opportunity and experience. Let her know that although you enjoyed your time there, unfortunately you are not in a position to be able to accept late compensation, and will no longer be seeking employment with her company.
-Keep it simple. She will probably want to do some sort of exit interview with you and that is the place where you should talk to her about specific instances and any checks that have not made it to you yet. Good luck!

Answer 3

1/ I think you are possibly jumping to conclusions, sometimes things really do get lost in the mail (not often, but it happens).
I would give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she is telling me the truth, just like you would want ppl to give you the benefit of the doubt.

2/ if you are THAT unhappy, I would look for another job and find one before you quit.
Your letter blasting her does not serve your best interest, you NEVER want to burn bridges. You never know when you need a reference, when you might want to work for someone that know's her (it's a smaller world than you might think).
When you do find another job and quit, just tell her you were looking for another type opportunity and thank her for the opportunity. Period.

For the future, your lack of cash reserve should scare you a little bit. Try to save some money, even if it's $20 at a time. You need a buffer in case the check doesn't come, or it bounces, or you lose your job.

Good luck to you, take the high road, handle it with class and finesse and you will be sucessful in life. take care, Mary

Answer 4

Wow. I hope you didn't deal with the public in your job, because you've just given your boss good reason to fire you. You don't have a good command of language to communicate professionally.