Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I was laid off on Aug 1st due to budget issues. On Aug.18th I was re-hired as an on-call employee. I worked 64 hours from Aug. 30th thru Sep.13th. I just received an email stating that due to a "glitch" in the system 20 employees were not put into the system correctly prior to the 13th and those hours were lost and a paycheck can not be cut. So due to a computer error they have to put our hire date as Sep 13th and can't write a check for work prior to the 13th.
The "plan" is to supplement future paychecks up to 80 hours until our hours are paid off (64hrs in my case). If I work 64 hours in a 2 week pay period it will take 2 months to pay me back for 2 weeks of work. If I work more than 64 hours it will take longer.
Can they do that? What should I do?

Asked on 9/18/09, 1:39 pm

Robert F. Cohen Law Office of Robert F. Cohen

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They are required to timely pay you, and face penalties if they don't. You might contact the CA Department of Labor (EDD) to file a complaint.

Answered on 9/18/09, 2:29 pm

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