Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
$15.00 an hour, sick and safe leave by the hour worked, and small claims up to $5,000.
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. Tipped wages, county minimum wages, and a complaint to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry 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.