What can I do when my employer is delaying getting my paycheck to me?

Question

My employer's corporate office is in a different state. If you have direct deposit, your paycheck is deposited in you bank account on payday. If you do not have direct deposit, they send the check through the US mail. This can take up to five days to get it. I've always had direct deposit since my first payday. A few weeks ago, my check was not deposited in my bank account. My employer told me at first it was something I did. This was not true. Then they told me the bank caused the problem. This was also not true. Finally they admitted that the error was on their end. They told me they are working on getting the error corrected but in the mean time they are forcing me to wait for my paycheck. This caused me a lot of problems, since my finances were based on receiving my paycheck on a certain day. The first week it happened, I had to borrow money from my family to get gas and medication. It is going on three pay days now and it is still not corrected. Is there anything I can do?

Answer 1

Complain with state where the corporate office is locacted.  Most, if not all states have a Payday law.

Answer 2

This could be an indication that your employer is having financial problems.  Are the other employers having the same issue or is it only you?

Answer 3

My first reaction is that your employer is about to go under.

It looks like they are robbing peter to pay paul and using the staffs' wages to do this. Are other people having the same problem with their paycheques. Check around and find out what kind of financial situation your company is in. This sounds way too fishy to me. If you find out they are in trouble

start looking another job and complain to your state labour board about getting your wages. If they are going under it won't matter if you tick them off you will be out of a job

anyway.