Location: East Hollywood
Hi everyone, I need some advice/guidance on what to do/ possibly take legal action against my workplace. I’ve been at this job for over 2 years now. It’s a mom and pop coffee shop (they’re about to open a second location, which in my opinion is a disaster move)
My problem is that for some time now they’ve been neglecting giving our biweekly paychecks on time. They always sign the checks at whatever time (sometimes days) they feel like, for example we get paid Friday but checks wont be signed and ready until Saturday. I have bills/rent to pay and would like to get paid as soon I can. Unfortunately since it’s only a team of 6, there’s no direct deposit. I’ve grown tired of waiting all day on pay day to get my check. I have places to be and errands to run and can’t do that because of them and their negligence to pay their workers on time. They’ve been confronted before by previous workers about this and even threatened to sue, only then (by then I mean one time) did they have the checks ready to go morning of pay day and those workers don’t work for them anymore. How do I go by reporting this? What are my rights here?
This is only one problem of many this place has
I would like to mention that this is my only current form of income however I am on the hunt for a new/second job that’s more stable but the job market is shit
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Hollywood Florida or california?
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office discusses late payment of wages and includes information about “What should workers do if their employer does not pay them all the wages they were due by the correct pay date?”