In may of this year i was working for an independent contractor. One thursday night I went to check my bank account before withdrawling cash from an atm and i noticed my paycheck from my boss had bounced causing my bank account to over draft. The next day i talked to him about it and he told me once he got paid on monday from the job we just finished he would make it right and pay the fines and two weeks of pay he now owed me. Well the next day on saturday he was in an accident putting him in the hospital for a month with 2nd and 3rd degree burns. The next day I ended up losing my part time job at Lowe's due to lay off. So all my income was cut off and I was 700$ in the hole. The only way for me to get out of debt was to go to my girlfriends mom. She loaned me the money and wants it back now. She runs her own buisness which i have been working for on the weekends. She still pays me what she owes me. But now I cant get my ex-boss to take or return my calls.
2007-09-11 12:19:34 · 2 answers · asked by curt a 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Recently a mutual friend of mine and my ex-boss threw him a benifit party at a local restraunt and bar. He is now driving around in a new truck with his buisness signs on it and is back working again.
This kind of makes me mad since im stuck working a 40 hour job mon-fri and a 20 hour job mon-fri and then on the weekends for my girlfriends mom. I have also had a lot of car trouble of my own lately so not only have I been in the hole from not getting paid i have credit card bills and other things keeping me in debt. But if I could get the money from him to give to my girlfriends mom I would no longer be obligated to work for her every weekend. Giving me some what of a personal life outside of work.
The money in question is about $500 in wages for about 45 hours worth of work over two weeks. $200 of those wages was in a bounced check that led to another $250 worth of fees to my account.
It doesn't seem like enough money to go to court for since lawyer fees will be probably
2007-09-11 12:27:32 · update #1
more then what im fighting for along with court fees. But Im pretty mad that hes out living it up and im stuck in debt. I know small claims court is an option. But I know nothing about how it works. Also If i go through small claims court I would be in line of about 5 other people in front of me since he owes another worker, a subcontractor and medical bills over his head since he didnt have medical insurance when his accident happened.
What is in my best interest? What are my options to sue him for, is it just the 750? And what should I do since I don't realy have and record of the hours i worked for him in the second week other then his word vs mine.
2007-09-11 12:32:48 · update #2
Your state probably has a state agency that would help you. Here in KS it is the wage and standards. You can file a claim with there. Small claims is an option. It would be faster, but getting a judgment and collecting a judgment are not the same.
If he won't pay after you get a judgment, you will have to try and garnish is account or if he is in construction, the general contractor that would pay him.
2007-09-11 12:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by hensleyclaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small claims court. Local court house should have the forms. If the amount is low enough fro small claims there are no lawyers, they can't help there. If yhou end up needing a lawyer you sue for the lawyer fees as well.
2007-09-11 12:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋