Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
$15 an hour indexed by up to 3.5 percent, sick days from the 90th day, and small claims up to $12,500.
A line cook's first paycheck works out to less than the minimum wage for the hours on the time sheet.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One paycheck and one cook. City minimum wages, the timing of pay, and a claim to the labor commissioner are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.