Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
$15.00 an hour, sick time paid at eleven or more employees, and small claims up to $7,000.
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, the timing of pay, and the other remedies for unpaid wages 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.
- Earned sick timeAt least one hour for every thirty hours worked, accrued from hire and usable from the 90th calendar day of employment; at an employer of eleven or more, up to 40 hours a year are paid.
- Small claimsThe simple, informal and inexpensive procedure for contract and tort claims where the plaintiff claims no more than $7,000.