I was laid off a month ago and never recieved my last two paychecks. They company was desolved and my checks arent enough to even cause legal action. I didnt receive a pink slip so therefore i have nothing to go to the unemployment office with. The workers are ignoring my calls and will not call me back. Im stuck in a money situation and I need to get my checks.
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Im not sure what country you are from...but here in Australia you can go to your local parlimentry member, they have alot of pull here and can get the info you need. The other alternative is to go to the workers face to face and kick up a fuss....you earned it, you deserve it babe
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IM NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE WHAT THE EXACT ANSWER IS BUT IF YOU HAVE A LAW LIBRARY IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY THEN I WOULD START THERE. BUT IN MY STATE THEY EITHER MAIL YOUR LAST CHECK OR YOU SHOW UP TO PICK IT UP ON TEH DAY IT IS ISSUED. HAVE YOUR FRIEND CALL THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND COMPLAIN TO THE HEAD HONCHO AND THAT WILL GET THE CHAINS MOVING QUICKLY,THE ONLY WAY TO PROVE LEGALITY TWORDS AN EMPLOYER,IS TO HAVE PROOF OF YOUR WORK HRS AND DAYS,THEN IF IN YOUR STATE IS A LEGAL AID,START THERE AND ASK FOR HELP,MOST PLACES DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED,BUT BY LAW THE EMPLOYER HAS TO GIVE THE CHECK,ITS BREAKING THE LAW IF THEY DONT. YOUR FRIEND MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER CALLING FOR POLICE SUPPORT TO RETAIN THE CHECK..
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1) Document everything \n2) Write a letter to them with the information detailed with dates - requesting to meet with them to resolve the matter, with a deadline for the meeting, note in the letter that you have consulted a lawyer would like to resolve the matter with one if possible.\n3) Check into small claims courts\n\nOr you can take the pissed off aproach and send them a letter and tell them if they don't pay-up, the unethical treatement of you will be reported to the BBB, show up in papers and you might decide to picket as well. \n\nEither way the letter with details is the most important as well as consequences if they do not follow-up with you.  Make sure what ever consequences you set - you follow-up on.\n\nGood Luck!  Go get your Money!!
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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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In the USA you are employed at will. In the UK you have rights against the employer after a year of employment. As you didn't use either $ or pound sign we don't know where you are.\n\nIf you were underpaid, you should contact the authorities and complain, and let them recover your unpaid salary.
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It really depends on the state that you're in and individual circumstances.  You should go to your state's employment department website.\n\nSpeaking for California, I know it matters how long you were employed, if you were fired or laid off.  There are limits as to how long you can collect unemployment.\n\nAgain, your best source will be your state's employment department website.
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Most companies will council with you to let you know you are not performing and give you an action plan with sometimes 45 days to meet all the standards.\nIn that case, use the time to find another job and leave before they terminate you.  Their mind fix is to only meet legal requirements. Your are history in their minds already.\n\nIt's easier to find work before termination than to explain why you were terminated.
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No way don't sign anything. since you did quit you might not be able to collect unemployment. \nIf you said they fired you then you would be able to. They have no right to hold your check. here in AZ the last check has to be issued with in 48 hours regardless if you quit or were fired.\ngood luck
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Yes you do ..... if everything you say is true and you documented every thing said and done and all your absences and why. Find out what company carries their Workers Compensation Package. Get name address, get written denials sent to you. Keep all correspondence from unemployment security depts and why denied and find an attorney with free consultation time. Be sure when you call attorney , he is not on a retainer with your employer. Look for attorneys that take contingency cases. There are alot out there. Sue.
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Check with your state's employment dept., but probably.  I believe employers are required to give you your job back, after returning from maternity leave, or give you a similar job at the same pay as when you left for maternity leave.  If you don't qualify for unemployment, perhaps you may have a lawsuit on your hands!
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I am dealing with the same issue, I called the Unemployment office and they said as soon as I am officially laid off I can apply. It takes about 10 days before you receive any benefits.
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If you voluntarily leave a job, you will not be entitled to get unemployment...you must be asked to resign or terminated..your benefits will also be cut if you turn down a new job.
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The only easy thing to do is to go to small claims court. (it's pretty cheap, around $30) and sue them. You can go to your local municipal court and find out exactly how to do it.\nSue them, for the money they owe you as well as for the time you were looking for work and for court expenses.
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If a company runs out of money, employees have several possibile ways to collect. \n\nFirst, go immediately to the Department of Labor's Employment Securities Commission. \n\nReporting there does several things. First, you can get information on other jobs, possibly unemployment benefits, and the department of Labor has ways to force employers to pay up. If you get a paycheck that bounces, the DOL can get your money for you. It takes a while, but that's better than not getting your wages at all.\n\nAnd notify the Social Security Commission. Employers must pay your Social security taxes.\n\nAnd notify the Internal Revenue Service. Employers must pay the IRS the money they have deducted from your wages. The IRS can shut a business down and take an employer's personal assets to recoup social security, medicare, and withholding taxes for you.\n\nIf your employer is a corporation, the officers of the corporation have less accountability than the owners of a company, but the IRS has ways.
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I've assisted three different people (friends or relatives) with this same issue. The only difference is that they were resolved within one to two months of an employer refusing to pay them.\n\nThis is what I told them to do.\n1) Contact The Department of Labor and ask them for assistance (rules and laws) regarding how it is enforced in your state.\n*In Minnesota an employer not paying wages earned by an employer has severe penalties. This includes full payment within a given time period of reciept of notice. It also includes back wages for the duration of time they failed to pay you. So if you were in Minnesota the company would owe you X number of dollars for the entire time period from June until now. If you worked 40 hours per week, that would be 23 weeks worth of pay if they failed to pay you had you stopped working on June 1, 2006.\nThis can be negotiated and normally is, but legally you are entitled THAT amount of money due to their fault in not paying you in a timely fashion. By law (again, depending on which State) the employer owes you within a given time frame on you leaving. One week, two weeks... Whatever it is. So it could gain you earnings anywhere from 23 weeks, to a lesser number.\n\n2) Write a letter to the former employer stating what the law is and demand payment. Don't be mean, just clean, pure and simple. Per the law where you live,  calculate what you are owed and state it. Then show them the calculated total sum which includes penalties and late fees. (If it's $10.00/hour - based on a 40-hour work week, including the past 21 weeks [to be nice and earn favor with a Judge, subtract the first two weeks of them dragging their feet] and state they COULD owe you a minimum of $8,400.00 plus what they previously owed you). State that upon taking them to Court a Judge would decide in your favor for non payment of wages earned and they would also be responsible to pay for attorney's fees and Court fees. Remember, this is how it is in Minnesota so make darn sure you put in plain type the exact amounts owed to you per the law.\n\n4) After stating all the info above in the letter, my last paragraph included the following (minus the company name and dates):\n\nUnder Minnesota Statute 181.13, you are required to pay unpaid wages within 24 hours of receiving this letter.  Further delays will subject me to file a claim against (insert company name) per Minnesota Statute 181.14 Subdivision 2.  Penalties and fees will accrue upon receipt of this letter.  Failure to comply will constitute sending this letter to the organizations listed below on (state the day, date and year. Give them two days mail time.)\n\n4) At the bottom of your letter include the following info: (example)\n\nCc:\n(State) Department of Labor and Industry\nxxx  Road North\nCity, MN xxxxx\n\n(name of county) County Government Center\n(name of person you contacted), Court Administrator (Conciliation Court)\nxx Second Street NW\nCity, MN xxxxx\n\n(City name here) Chamber of Commerce\nPO Box xxx\nCity, MN zip code\n\nState the address for each place you are carbon copying! Make sure to include your name and address. No phone number.\n\nGood luck!
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You need to go to your State or Countys website or the website of your local job service center ...Try the JSC thats how most states are set up for unemployment. Good Luck:)\n\nPS I am guessing from your user name, you are in FLorida..if so try the link below...
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Call your state's labor board for your rights.  Then proceed.  You can appeal their statement to the unemployment board stating your reasons for missing so much work.