Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
Hours missing from a check, a complaint, a firing, and twice the unpaid wages in court.
A line cook paid by the hour notices several hours missing from a weekly check.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Unpaid hours for an hourly worker. Overtime, tips, salary exemptions and a business in bankruptcy 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.