Walk It Through: The Short Paycheck
$7.25 an hour, the last check by the next regular payday, and a suit without a wage claim first.
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. Opportunity wages, meal and lodging deductions, and the department's own wage claim process 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.
- Final payWages due an employee who quits or is discharged, paid in full no later than the day they would regularly have been paid, or the monthly deadline, whichever is earlier.
- Tipped employeeAn employee who may be paid $2.33 per hour, only if payroll records show tips bring the week to at least the minimum.