My son's boss closed his restaurant in the middle of the night. No explanation and no pay check.?
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Put in your request with the bankruptcy court, but you'll be faaaarrrrr down the list of creditors that get paid.  \n\nThanks for the change in bankruptcy laws Congress :(\n\nI'm afraid in all likelihood he's SOL.
896128
That would be an illegal garnishment of wages/salary, thus subject to a court order; not a bosses whim or any such contractual obligation. I can not believe the ignorance of some of the answers to this question. It would be a null and void contract, if you signed any such document, so you may wish to contact the proper state/municipal authorities.
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Get a lawyer!  And don't talk to the police until you've talked to the attorney!\n\nAlthough they are both 18 or over now, that may not have been the case when the offense was committed.  However, since the alcohol laws require one to be 21, they are both minors as far as that law is concerned.\n\nSomeone served her the booze.  It will be up to the police or DA to prove that it was your son.  If she testifies that he did so, that is going to hurt his case.  However, a good attorney may use her intoxicated state to challenge the accuracy of her memory.\n\nAt any rate, he needs a good attorney.  Any advice here (including mine, I'm not an attorney) other than to seek legal counsel is worthless and maybe dangerous to his case!
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I would Report him to the bar in the state he does business. That will get his attention. Ask the the bar asc. How long it takes to close an estate in their state and ask for their guidance.
465564
Sounds to me like he wants the steak dinner without having to pay the tab. (Looks as though he got it too) Don't look for him to be making reservations at this restaurant when there are NO LINES elsewhere.
57914
I was actually in this situation.\nI went in and told costumer service, and they called for the owner of the vehicle to come to the front desk.  After several pages, they never showed up, so they called the police.\nI'm not sure what happened after that.
819861
Tell him to put it in writing and then tell him to prove it.  Take it to the Labor Board or call them.  Don't take this lightly...make him prove it or accuse you formally.  A lawyer should be involved if he does this.  \nI was a supermarket cashier years ago and everyday the bookkeeper would tape the amount the register was short from the previous day on all 8 registers.  The amounts were all ove 200.00 and we were appalled.  There was a supervisor/floor manager and a few of his friends who handled the money as well, collecting money every few hours for the front office.  Turns out no body was every charged but these guys used to hit the race track every weekend. So you have to wonder....It made us all very uncomfortable.
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Once again godoompah has shown us just how smart he is (or lack there of)  HAHA you are hilarious man, thanks for the good laugh.  As I mention below, don't believe godoompah, he shows an obvious lack of knowledge on the subject.\n\nTo start, godoompah is Wrong!  Labor laws are NOT definied by the US labor code (they are only on a very broad scale) but ARE handled on the state level.  As a matter of fact, California has the most strict labor laws in the country!  Despite what godoompah said, you are entitled to breaks if you are older than 18, he may be from a state where you don't get breaks there are some, but California is NOT one of them, they do enforce breaks for EVERYONE regardless of age.  As for overtime, well he has no clue about that either!  I don't know where he got his info but he is wrong.  Please disregard his comments as he obviously doesn't know what he is talking about\n\n\nFirst of all, it depends on whether or not you are an exempt employee, and no salaried does NOT automatically imply exemption.\n\nIn a restaurant the laws are clear for you to be exempt you must be a manager. \n\nSo assuming you are not except the laws in california are as follows.\n\nIf you work 5 hours or more you get a 30 minute meal break that is UNPAID.  You also get 1 10 minute break (not 15) that is PAID.\n\nIf you work more than 5 hours but less than 6 you may waive your right to a 30 minute meal break.  You can remove the waiving of your right to a break at anytime, so that you can take your break.  Inorder for the 'waiving' to be legal they must have a signature on file.\n\nIf you work 6 hours, you MUST take a 30 minute unpaid meal break, regardless of whether you want one or not.  At 7 hours you qualify for a second 10 minute PAID break.\n\nAs for the overtime, if you work more than 8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours in 1 week or 6 days in a row (meaning you worked on the 7th day) within a work week, then you get over time for all hours over that (for 7th day, they must pay you over time for the entire day plus every day after that until you get a day off or until the pay period ends).\n\nThis is all however different if you are Exempt, none of the overtime laws apply and the breaks work different.\n\nShould you find that your employer is in violation of these laws, it is not difficult to file a complaint with the labor department but you must be aware unless you are being seriously cheated often times it is not worth it.  Although they cannot retaliate againts you, they will, in one way or another.  So be prepared to fight it all the way.\n\nThe penalty for missing breaks is they must pay you 1 extra hour for each break you do not receive.
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unless there is some form of employment contract, employment is "at will."  employers can terminate an employee for any reason at any time EXCEPT for a reason that is based on that employee being a member of a protected class, which is also known as illegal discrimination.\n\nso - if some employees are terminated and others are not for doing the SAME thing, it is up to the wrongfully terminated employee to prove that their termination is a form of illegal discrimination.  i have no opinion on your specific case, as you've not provided enough detail for me to have one.\n\nif i were the owner, and a customer was trying to provoke an employee, i'd invite them to leave the premises.  if they didn't leave, i'd have them escorted off the property for trespassing.  this presumes that the owner/manager is present during the incident.  if i learned my employee responded to a customer's provocation, i'd reprimand the employee UNLESS i thought that the employee was either too far over the line, or this wasn't the first time - in which case, they'd be out the door immediately.  like it or not, customers pay the bills, and a restaurant with employees that talk back to customers EVEN when they are in the right will find it hard to keep the doors open.  \n\nif i were you - a co-worker - i'd keep my mouth shut unless i felt like looking for another job real soon.  unless you are a manager in this company, if is not your place to question the personnel decisions of your employers.
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I have been a cocktail waitress off and on for about 6 years and I once bartended for a year.\nI am currently not working as I have just had a baby and havent worked since I got pregnant-\nBut when I plan to go back to work part-time it will be as a server. \nTherefore I would sign a petition like that in a hearbeat even if I had no plans to work in that possition again -\ni have always believed that is it unlawful to pay us server below minium wage just because we make tips (which we have to claim and pay taxes on) so it is unfair on many levels.\nYES sometimes the tips are outstanding during certain seasons -but what about those slow months  (and I do mean months) there were times when I barely made $200.oo per week -if it weren't for my Fiance' and his job I would have struggled even more - \n\n1.    I'm not really sure what I could suggest to get such a law changed -but maybe if they could just acknowledge to make a change in the wages atleast during the slow seasons (of your particular region) to raise it to no less than minimum wage when things are slow and drop back to server wage when things are rockin' - I'm sure companies would keep employees much monger than they do now - It would kind of be like a give and take situation. But honestly it needs to be atleast minimum wage plus tips all the time. \n\n2.    Or heres an idea maybe servers wage could be changed to whatever the minimum wage was last before it was changed recently - so that we would still be below minimum but atleast close enough to it so that it is not that much of a difference  but employers can still afford to pay it. Each time minimum wage increases us servers would only be 1 buck behind -and that 1 buck really adds up fast so thats alot an employer would still be saving. This would make our pay checks a little nicer to supplement those days when we dont quite cut it with tips. Like days when you go home with $11.50  after 8 or even ten hours work  and get your paycheck that follwing week for a total of $125.00 -how are you suppossed to live off of that?? - This should NOT be happening nowadays!!!What do you think???
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I don't know if this was from the Lord today,But here it goes and you decided.I work at a Grocery Store after I got out of work tonite,I needed to get some cat food so my cats could eat.As I turned the to the cat section,I looked down and see a fresh folded $10.00 dollar bill just laying there on the floor.I walked over it and didn't even bother to pick it up.What came to my mind first was "that's not mind" and secord it's store policy that if employees find any amount of money they are too return it to the Customer Service Desk.But that only refers when you are on company Time.I was not on Company Time.But I did inform the Customer Service Desk and they sent an employee down to get it.Now what does that say for me?That I'm honest and don't touch nothing that doesn't belong to me,or I was stupid for not picking it up,fiquring I wasn't working on Company Time.If this was the act of the Lord,then why didn't he have me find it elsewhere,and would I still have been honest..Well,Thanks and bye.......
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Call them and let them know what has happened.  You may be able to pay check by phone until you get your new payment book......I lost a payment book in a move recently and I did was call the bank and all was good.
997815
Do you have a contract or something that says he'd pay you?  Did you fill out any employment forms (ie tax forms?).  If not you could start with the State Dept of Labor since he's trying to pay you under the table (and that would probably cheat the state out of unemployment or the tax form you need at the end of the year for your taxes).\n\nBut you mentioned Gov Bush came in.  So it must be a high profile restaurant.  Maybe go to a local TV station and see if they want to do an expose on an uneithical business.
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You have nothing to worry about. There is a statute of limitaions that is well past. If it bothers you so much, send the company the money for the check, but I am sure they do not even have a record of it any more!!!
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No. It is not right. It has been a long time since I have looked at the laws and they might have varied a little in that time. But I do know it used to be anything over five hours you had to have a half hour. Anything over seven hours you are entitled to another half hour.\n\nI will look up and see if I can find recent laws. \nFight your boss and if they will not change then take it to the BBB or the county.
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Check stubs, W-2s, or signed letter from you former boss on letterhead if possible.  If you got paid under the table and got fired under poor circumstances.... then it will be difficult to prove.
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I am NOT an attorney.  Midnight the last day the rent was paid to, unless other arrangements are made with management.  Evicted?  You may have no time. True in most states anyway.