pennsylvania salary transportation
Long haul truck driver was not paid for his job
<p>A friend of mine had been working for transportation company (contingently <strong>company A</strong>) as a long haul truck driver in PA state before leaving it for another one (due to the poor working conditions in <strong>company A</strong>). He was employed at <strong>company A</strong> for only 1 month, which comes up to 4 weeks, meaning 4 pay cycles.</p>

<p>However, while employed at <strong>company A</strong> and after leaving, he never received a single pay check from the company. Trying to connect with the company's audit department led to nothing, no one answers phone calls, no one responds to emails. Going directly to the lawyers for some $6K-7K doesn't sound reasonable. Is there may be some Labor Unions where the <strong>company A</strong> behavior can be reported?  </p>

<p>My question is: what are the legal rights my friend can apply to the company in order to get at least his salary back?</p>

<p>It seems your friend can submit a <a href="http://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-Management-Relations/llc/Documents/llc-9.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wage Complaint form</a> to the Bureau of Labor Law Compliance and have some recourse under section 9.1 of the Wage Payment and Collection Law. If your friend is in the right and the company doesn't follow through properly they could be liable for even more money than what they owe him, though there is also the possibility of a court case if the company decides to fight it.</p>

<p>I'd post a quote of the relevant section of law but the formatting of the online version of that wage law I found does not copy well: <a href="http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1961/0/0329..PDF" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1961/0/0329..PDF</a></p>

<p>This may be a better link: <a href="http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&amp;yr=1961&amp;sessInd=0&amp;smthLwInd=0&amp;act=329&amp;chpt=0&amp;sctn=9&amp;subsctn=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&amp;yr=1961&amp;sessInd=0&amp;smthLwInd=0&amp;act=329&amp;chpt=0&amp;sctn=9&amp;subsctn=1</a></p>

<p>A more readable summary can be found in <a href="http://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-Management-Relations/llc/Documents/llc-2.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Labor-Management-Relations/llc/Documents/llc-2.pdf</a> under Collection of Unpaid Wages.</p>
