Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania
Breach of Agreement
An employer agrees to hire a person and a weekly ''salary'' is set.
The employer states that pay would not begin for approx. 2 to 3 weeks, but requests the employee to perform duties related to the business. The employee and employer have daily contact during that time, however, after the 2 week period elapses, the employer does not return repeated phone calls to the employee. The employee never recieved any pay, and the employer never conveyed any dissatisfaction with the employee. 1.) Does this constitute a breach of a verbal agreement ? (The agreement was witnessed by a 3rd party.) 2.) Does the employee have a legal basis for filing a Civil action to receive pay for the 2 weeks he acted on behalf of, and at the request of, the employer ? All activities performed were documented by employee.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Breach of Agreement
Yes, I think you have a case. Before filing a civil complaint, however, you may want to call the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Wage and Hour Division to see if they will handle it simply because the amount of recovery is likely to be out of proportion to the costs to obtain recovery.
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