Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Employee Check Withholdings

If an ex-employer is withholding paychecks and playing ''dumb'' as far as where the check is and that it was mailed a week ago, is there any legal recourse that can be taken? The employer seemed particularly hostile and verbally insultive towards my resignation, so my faith in what they are telling me is very little.


Asked on 7/17/08, 4:35 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jonathan Cohen

Re: Employee Check Withholdings

contact the office of the NYS Department of labor; check out the site at

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/labor_standards.shtm

as they deal with unpaid wages

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Answered on 7/18/08, 1:16 pm


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