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I live in Florida. I was hired for a sales trainer/manager position at a mortgage company. I worked a little more then two weeks, then gave my resignation because they were doing illegal loans, they owe me 3 days pay, 540.00. and the owner is saying he is not paying me, He now also says he needs me to sign a standard contract that everyone signs, and I said why would I sign this contract since I no longer work for you and all I want is my money owed me. What can I do , as I sent him three notices requesting my owed pay , and he said no way. I have this all in emails back to me, My last email was stating that If I don't receive the money by a date, which has past, I would obtain a lawyer and he would be responsible for the fees and interest, as well as I would report him to the labor board and I also just found out there is an investigation going on with his company. What can I do to get my money, what is my next step.
Submitted: 422 days and 21 hours ago.
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As I wrote, I have written and tried to work it out with him. His last pay check he gave me states on the bottom, paid good till 9/29 I worked the following monday-Thursday, and resigned the following monday. He gave me that check on my last day at that office, which was a thursday. I went right to the back to cash it the next day. As I hear he does not pay also. He also wrote in an email me to , that he was going to give me a bonus. He never mentioned that, at all, AT this point I want what is owed to me. What do I do, Please note I am in Broward county, Florida, And I need help with an attorney that is aware of our laws. Thank you,
Helene , XXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX
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422 days and 21 hours ago.
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If you have not been paid wages, you need to report it the dept. of labor. The dept will investigate and recover it. You should not need to spend money on attorney to get this done as I dont see the need or want you to spend money to legal fees that will eclipse what you are owed.
If you dont work there, you dont need to sign any agreements.
If illegal activity is going on, consider reporting it to the better business bureau, police, and state attorney general
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I know you are a NY attorney, but when I tried to call the labor board, they told me I had to just bring them to court, and that I should get a lawyer, So please let me knwo what you think I should do, are you a lawyer in Florida also?
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Normally the department labor pursues wage claims. If it will not, you can file a small claims court complaint to recover what you are owed. Be sure to have a breakdown of the balance in the form of rate and hours not paid. You should also make a written demand for payment and keep a copy so that you can use that as an exhibit. Under Florida law, prior and current employees are entitled to make a claim for unpaid hourly wages. A current or prior employee can go back up to 2 years. If the claim is for unpaid commission, salary, vacation pay, or other non-hourly compensation, then the employee can go back up to 5 years.
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