Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
Pay every few weeks, overtime missing, a demand, and a claim 8 days after the wages were due.
A new employer pays once a month.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An hourly worker in a job the overtime law covers. Mechanics, mariners, some food processing and other exempt work are left out.
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.