Lets say you have not worked in over 7years then you start a new job and about a month or so later one of your pay checks bounce. then you find out that you were being paid less than minimum wage when you confront your employer he tells you its because you are being paid under the table! you request to be paid legally. Then you slowly but surely get sqweezed out and it has now been several months and your ex-employer has still not honored the bounced check and gives you another bad check for the payroll adjustment. He does however manage to give you your final check through a different account. what would you do now?
2007-07-12 05:36:03 · 12 answers · asked by inquirer 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
have a long talk with wage and hour board
2007-07-12 05:38:30 · answer #1 · answered by wizjp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, u say u finally got your pay, so I would say small claims court is not an option, since ur not entitled to anything, really. Also, if ur wages were under a certain minimum, ur not going to be liable for tax anyway, so I wouldn't contact the IRS, other to report ur wages to them, if they exceeded say $1000, which you could do by simply submitting a 1099 form along with any w2s u acquire this year.
Contacting the wage and labor, or labor commissioner might be a good idea, just to get him in a trouble, since he is conducting business illegally. As for the check bouncing, it's not fraud if he just says it was an accident, and if it didn't happen quite frequently.
2007-07-12 12:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Felix R 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You could report him to the police for giving you a bad check, or to dept of labor for paying under minimum wage, but realize that by working under the table you were also doing something illegal, so you're on thin ice.
2007-07-12 13:00:52 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would take this up with the unemployment office when your there looking for your new job. Maybe you have to take him to small claims court but he/she should be reported at least for bouncing bad check when you spent your time and energy working for them what the heck. This is a real low life scum. Lower than whale do do....
2007-07-12 12:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Scott 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, go to the police and tell them you want to press charges for fraud or theft of services and file a complaint.
Then go to your District Justice and file suit in small claims court against him. After you get your money, call the IRS on him.
2007-07-12 12:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you have your money count yourself lucky. If you want to you could contact the IRS or the local DA's office to find out what you should do next and the implications of your actions?
2007-07-12 12:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did he pay you what you are owed? If so, do nothing. If he still owes you money, request it in writing and then take him to small claims court.
I wouldn't bother filing charges or reporting him to the IRS.
2007-07-12 13:00:50 · answer #7 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
call the labor board and file a report, maybe even the district attorneys office
2007-07-12 12:39:19 · answer #8 · answered by just me #1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
call the irs and the better business bureau
2007-07-12 12:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by tshffman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to the better business burro and tell him you are doing that. He might change his mind real quick.
2007-07-12 12:45:16 · answer #10 · answered by yeper 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋