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What should i do if i haven't gotten paid from my job?
I’ve been working for a month. I handed my boss my direct deposit slip 3 weeks ago and I haven’t been paid. We’re supposed to get paid every 2 weeks. I haven’t gotten a paper check. My boss isn’t around when I’m at work, it’s just the assistant managers. He doesn’t answer his phone.
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Are you Unionized? Have you talked to your shop steward?
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Most companies if they do not do their own payroll but use an outside company or are so large that they need time to process payroll will hold back one pay period. For a company that works this way paychecks issued at the end of the second pay period are actually for the period before.
Should the second pay period pass without getting a check or deposit in you bank then you need to check into it. If the assistant mangers can't or won't help you and say you have to talk to the manager/owner and you cannot get in touch with him. THEN YOU CALL THE WAGE AND HOURS BOARD FOR YOUR STATE AND FILE A COMPLAINT AND THEY WILL SEE TO IT YOU GET PAID.
Frankly I don't think you have anything to worry about you will receive a check with the checks at the end of the second pay period. If the manager did not get the direct deposit slip to the payroll company on time then a paper check should have been cut and mailed to your house. Allow a day or so for the mail to process and deliver to you.
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I don't have much to add to Dragonfly's great answer. Just a couple of things.
Call, or better yet, go by your bank and see how long it takes them to set up direct deposit. I don't think it would take long but you never know. They may be able to tell you if its been set up yet at least.
You don't say when you started the job. Most jobs you have to work one pay period & get paid the next. So it is possible if you just started that you won't get paid until the fourth week, if that makes sense.
If your boss is just a manager & not the business owner then go over his head to a district supervisor. Look up your place of employment online & see if there are contact numbers. I guarantee someone will get back to you real quick.
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If there is a human resources department, go talk to them. If its a one person owner/operator of the business, perhaps payroll is not his forte'. I know someone who does payroll and accounting for small businesses so there is no excuse.
If there is somewhere you can leave the boss a note, in their office, do so and have a copy of the note, dated and asking the boss to contact you in the next day or two to look into the issue and get it straightened out. If the boss does not respond then leave a note stating they need to contact you before the end of the following day with a pay check or you will need to take the issue to your state labor department and report it. If the boss is rarely in the office, make sure the assistant manager see's your note and ask them to call the boss right then. I had to do the same to contact a boss in fast food and the shift manager took a photo of my note and texted it to the boss right then and showed me proof that they had. You may need to go to that point because there is no guarantee that a manager will care or do anything. There were some really bad shift managers for me. If you had to sign up for direct deposit, then you wouldnt get a paper check but the amount just deposited straight to your bank account unless they turned in info wrong to the bank. I had that happen once.
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