Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Hi, Sir/Madden

I was a contractor engineer associated with three companies, the customer, the primary contractor and the subcontractor. I did not get the pay for my last day work over a year ago. After I worked for several hours, the customer company said that your contract was terminated yesterday. When I talked to the subcontractor company I got the paycheck from, they said that they only paid the money in terms of the customer proved timesheet even though I later got the email proof for my work from my supervisor with the custmer company. I tried to talk to the primary contractor. I did not get response. Now I want to go to small court to file a law suit to three companies to get the my pay back. However, since then, one thing was changed to the primary contractor company. The company was merged with another company and has used a new name. I would like to know if the company still hold the legal responsibility for what happened before it was merged with another company. Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.

Wayne Lu


Asked on 4/07/11, 2:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

The only companies you need to be concerned with are the customer and the subcontractor. The prime contractor did not hire you or have any contract with you, and they did not get anything from your work since the customer did not pay. Leave them out of it, and you will save time and trouble. You can sue the subcontractor because legally you were working for them and they must pay you for your work. You can also sue the customer, because they got the benefit of your work and paid nothing for it. Stick to those two.

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Answered on 4/07/11, 2:40 pm


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