Today I found out that the man I work for, named his construction co. after one that exists already.. He has no construction license or insurance... no greencard, a fake driver's license, with a fake name.... He was paying cash, then about two months went by and he still hasn't payed us... oh and our crew only consists of 3 people.  This man is an illegal from Albania, and has no respect for anyone or anything in the Us... At this time my boss refuses to pay our wages because he bought a car and has no money left to pay employes.....
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report his *ss to the INS.  If he is illegal and is paying on the side..that is to avoid taxes...which is also illegal.  My husband went through the same thing (only he is here on a green card)...and ended up loosing 800.00 (us) because of the guy.  \n\nGet a lawyer (or call...sometimes they will answer a few questions without charging)...and find out if what he did was right.  \n\nI wish we had done this because we lost a lot of money...but we are broke and my husband being muslim did not want to cause havoc in the mosque where both him and the guy that screwed him over attened.  If I had had the money he would have been back where he came from...I didn't like him to begin with..\n\nIf you do report him, make sure that you report him for both taxes (because if he was paying you on the side, he could have still claimed it and messed you up big time) and report him to INS.  This will (hopefully) open their eyes.
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I can't believe only one person came up with:\n\n"How did you sign a contract agreeing to anything when you were under the age of 18?"\n\nIt's not valid.\n\nAnd, I don't think there's any good chance of anybody recognising you.\n\nBut.\n\nThe answers with "call the store manager, and explain" are not too far off the mark. What you want to say is:\n\n"I know I was stupid at the time and it's not a mistake I've made since then."\n\nI shoplifted a bit of junk when I was 13, on a lark; got caught, got "banned" from that mall, and -- well, that was my first go at it -- and now? I'd forgotten all about it until your question.\n\nWhat you signed is not a valid contract. And, from the sounds of it, not enforceable under any common law. Just go back.\n\nTop job on never stealing again...!
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I thought it was illegal for a company to fire you.  They don't have to hold your old job but they have to have a job for you. I would like to thank you for your sacrifice, it's because of people like you that I can enjoy my freedom. Shame on all of the companies who don't honor our veterans. As the wife of an active duty soldier it really burns me up.  good luck to you, and again THANK YOU!!!! Maybe call your local news affiliates and bring it to thier attention.
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I think everyone here is on the right track.\n\nYou need to contact the local Labor board and check on them. You may be able to sue him for the pay, the lack of a 2 week notice before termination, and lack of a in writing letter of termination outlying the reasons. May want to talk to a lawyer and see what the rights are in your county to see what you are able to do from here.\n\nGood luck!
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The half of this "can of worms" has not been revealed.  Not only do illegals grab many benefits but they also apply for Medicaid and Medicare!  Many work under false names/social security numbers and the REAL citizens get income tax notices for back taxes! One lady had taken care of her children since 2000 and IRS wanted over $15,000 for back taxes on money she had not seen nor earned in three states! Recently 20 illegals were captured and some nitwit at Immigration told police to "Release them!"  Police should have ignored such a STUPID reply as a garbled transmission...faulty fax...faulty brain in faxer,etc. Immigration Service is a haven for nitwits, loafers, and incompetents seeking an easy paycheck for sloth.  Thousands of businesses could be fined for knowingly hiring illegals and fine money could be applied to "Dropping them off in Chiapas".  Instead 3 or 4 got fines, the apprehanders need to be the survivors of a "mass firing".  Whoever is supposed to be watching INS goof off should likewise be tossed into a van without seats a-la Billy Dale Travel Office style...and taken to the gate, told to "So Sue us!"  Hillary Clinton style!
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who is he?why is he still working for the company?he made this error.how many errors has he made before?he should pay for this mistake one way or an other. as for paying back the monies. i would seek legal advice and ask the above questions. why should you fork out for this  company's mistakes,not only in monies,stress,etc.
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None of them come for fun.   How fun is it to work in construction in the dead of summer, sweating your ass off for 10 hours a day? Sound fun to you? Or how about seeding someones lawn and cutting grass, and planting flowers out in the damn sun for 50 hours a week?  Wow that sounds like great fun to me!!!   Western Union is on fire, and has been since immigrants starting immigrating here years ago, know why? because that pay check the mexicans got on Monday tues wed thurs or friday is being wired to a bank in Mexico for their wifes, sisters, daughters, sons or grand children to pick it up.  Ever walked into a grocery store and saw Mexicans lined up at the customer service desk, they're sending their paychecks to mexico.  That's what they come here for.  Lets deport all mexicans shall we??  I guess you might as well not go out to dinner anywhere, forget Chili's, or Olive Garden or your favorite barbeque place, because if we deport them all, are you gonna go back there and make your dinner yourself? They make up all our restraunts, and those roads youre driving on to take you to work everyday, are being paved by  hard working mexicans because no fat lazy ass american wants to slave out in the hot sun for hours on end.    Granted, there's your stereotype mexican, who stares at women, and says things in spanish that you don't understand, but not every mexican is like that.  They honestly come here to make a living and LEAVE.  They dont' want to stay here.  This is foreign to them.   it takes time to save up money, and most of them work 40+hours a week.   Know why restraunts keep hiring mexicans even tho they are threatened every week by the immigration office, because they come to work, and on time, and work their butts off... Did you know that only 20% of americans come to work on time everyday of the week?  Yeah, 20% out of how many millions? I'm not a mexican advocate, I'm just saying, I've been witnessed to what is going on in america and how mexicans are treated, and americans are so SCARED they're gonna come and take their jobs.  Give me a break, have you seen an illegal alien becoming a lawyer, or a doctor... please...  they take the jobs we DONT WANT..so whats the big deal?  Let them come and make some money for their families.  More americans are on welfare than anywhere else, because they don't want to work.  So you hate Mexicans for wanting to make a better life?   \n\nDo you know what it costs to become a LEGAL resident of the United States? Thousands of dollars. I'm not talking about getting a green card and working a job part time and then coming back to Mexico, I'm saying... actually applying at the immigration department, and waiting..not to mention it takes up to 10 years to even get an answer. You all need to read up on your facts. Would you want to wait 10 years to get citizenship, would your kids wait 10 years to eat, because you couldn't get decent money in the country you're living in? They come here for the money. Not to take over our jobs, homes, and land. Get a clue.\n\nFrankly, I could care less. If we become a minority, so be it. Mexicans work harder, and longer than any white folk. I'm white, and I'll tell you what, I wouldn't do half the jobs that mexicans do, for 3 bucks an hour. If you want something done, and DONE right, and not half-assed, then hire a mexican. They are always on time, they always put in more than required, and they always do a great job. Of course there's very few of them, that don't do a good job.. which is like a good portion of americans ( unemployment line is proof enough ). The way I look at it is.. If we can send troops over to IRAQ to make their government more civilized and feed other countries, etc... and all the lovely things we do for 3rd world countries, then by god we should go over to Mexico, and assist them with getting the mexican residents in mexico higher paying jobs. Their jobs over t
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Your boss is a liar and a thief.  You make minimum wage no matter how many hours you work.  Also, posted in all places of employment is an "Employees Rights" poster.  Often it is posted in employee bathrooms.  See if there is a poster and, if not, he just violated two laws.
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Imagine that you are a licensed contractor trying to bid for a job.\nImagine that as a LEGAL contractor that you spent time and money learning that trade.\nImagine that you spent the time and money to get your contractors license.\nImagine that you decide to start your own onstruction company. To do that you need to pay for licenses, payroll administration. insurance, and related business costs.\n\nIf you follow the law, you also have to hire licensed, legal workers to do the job.\n\nThese costs make it impossible for you to compete with unlicensed contractors that hire illegal immigrants.\nBy following the law, you cannot compete with companies that break the law.\n\nThis is what is happening to many American businesses. It is not because these legal contractors are LAZY, it is because it is IMPOSSIBLE to compete with someone that is breaking the law.\n\nHow dare you call Americans lazy!!!!!!\nThat is truly a RACIST remark.\nAmericans are Hard workers.\nAmericans are people from all around the world!!!\nIs the world so lazy!!!!????!!!!!\n\nThe fact is, it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to run any business legally and stay in business when other people are breaking the law and undercutting legitimate American business people.
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I think I understand what you are asking.\n\nYes, you have every right to quit if your employer doesn't pay you. He would stop getting respect from me as soon as he tried to take my passport.
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i lived and traveled all around lower mexico for almost 3 years, and guess what american companys have had big signs put up at alot of very small little town bus stops,every one travels by autobus as they call them,so that is the best place to advertise,really  the signs say we will help you get to a job of good pay with med care in the USA ..NEED PEOPLE FOR CEMENT WORK AND GEN LABOR CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS AND ALL so they where asked to come ,i understand maybe you are upset but please see what the real trouble is, large profits with no liability's no guarantees it is nothing more than a shrewd business plan to side step labor laws and boost profits,upper crust gets kick backs to look away, their is a bigger picture you missed in your anger. just remember one word--gestapo
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Ok....let's get one thing straight.  When my (and many others) ancestors came here long ago IT WASN"T ILLEGAL!!!  Most of them came here not for money or a better life but for life itself (jews, scots, irish).  They had people actually killing them, I mean gun to the head, knife to the heart.  And they came to this country and FOUGHT for this country, losing whole families along the way.  I live in the south and am a proud southerner (that does not mean racist), my family were poor dirt farmers from Tennessee who scraped by with what they could grow or what they could buy with the little money my father (who had to drop out of school at the age of 12 to get a job - only boy out of 11 children - and fought in Vietnam) made doing odd jobs.  Today we have laws in place to stop the over population of our country.  My husband is an immigrant who went through the proper channels.  Yes, it cost money that we didn't have but we STILL went through the proper channels.  They will let you in unless you have something to hide, all you have to do is fill out the paper work and wait.  I know that today time is money and one day can mean the life and death of someone you love but AMERICA is NOT to blame for the state of your home country.  I am all for immigration if it is done legally!  As far as I am concerned, whether you come from Mexico, China, England, France, or Tim-buck-too, if you come here illegally you should be prepared to face the repercussions of doing so.  Breaking the law is breaking the law, period.  No one is above it (with the exception of the Bosh family - or so they wish us to believe).
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I have so much to say, thank you for asking. I've been wnting to talk about this because there was a march here in Atlanta this week. They are marching basically for leniency so that they have more time to become legal. They don't want to be deported. \n\nFirst of all, of course they have no rights, hence the word ILLEGAL. When black people were taken as slaves we didn't have rights. It took a long time, a lot of blood, sweat and tears in order for us to get rights. Just because Pres Lincoln "freed" us we still weren't free.\n\nSecond, they came over knowing they were wrong and they're still wrong and until they do what's right they won't have any rights.\n\nThirdly, I do believe that here in GA, our Gov. Mr. Perdue, is trying to pass something so that the employers of illegal immigrants will be punished somehow for hiring them. All I can say is thumbs up to the Governor for stepping it up in reference to this subject.\n\nFourthly, the illegal immigrants are not necessarily taking jobs from legal American citizens, but they are allowing the employers to exploit the situation by having the cheapest labor possible. Therefore, wages will stay low for those particular fields of work that illegal immigrants flock to.\n\nOh, not to mention they don't even want to speak English. That's another story altogether. Once they try to become citizens aren't they required to learn basic English???? This is not a cut and dried subject, but it really is you know. Just my thoughts. Hope I helped.
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here you go it is a lagent business that ask for no money because if they ask for money they are not lagent for when you work for someone they pay you , you don't pay them!\n\n\nhttp://www.west.com/\nwww.workathomeagent.com.
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I don't suppose I would ever pay someone the full amount for a job before the actual job is complete. It's a little like saying 'Here take my money I don't care what you do!' At least it would to someone who doesn't care one way or the other. Now, if by chance there would be someone out there that WOULD do something soooo silly, they may want to contact the state and file a lien against this person. It would be in their best interest, weather in GA, or not, to also file a complaint with the BBB. Unfortunately there are not really any ground rules for allotted time lines for carpentry. The job, depending on size, could take as little or as long as need be, as long as work was being done steadily. Call around, descript' job size to another contractor, one or two should do nicely, and have them give their best 'guesstimation' of job completion. Go back to original, paid worker, and give them a reasonable amount of time, adjusting of course for elapsed time and work accomplished thus far, to complete the job hired to do. After that you will probably have to pray they don't dash away with your money. Good luck!! Hmmm
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I don't know how an illegal can do that! It's the ones who come here with bags of cash, and buy a house and a car and get a business that freak me out. Are these people checked out or what? I've lived here all my life, worked hard and all I own Is a house and an old car.....Got to be something wrong!
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I think I would have to tell all the caddie women that you work with to BITE ME.  Where do they get off making you pay for the money.  I say until they can prove you stole anything, then you don't have to pay for it. Start designating the register to one person and leave it solely in their hands. 12 people is way to many to have in one drawer.  Just for that I would never pay it back.  Not unless I took a lie detector test, and it had proved that I had stolen it.  Girl look for another job.