I work for a small business in Florida. It's just myself and my boss who work there. The business has been struggling a lot lately, and most recently my payment was late. My pay has been a little late before, but at the time I'm posting this, it's now six days late and the deposit still hasn't been posted. I asked my boss about it, and he was apologetic, saying that we don't have the cash flow right now but I'll have this pay check and the next one on time. I have most of this in writing. It's very easy for me to provide evidence of my employment should it come to that. I've also sent out a couple job applications to other businesses, though I doubt I'll be hearing back from those.
My boss is a generally great guy, and he's been willing to bend the rules in my favor in the past. I also know he's under a lot of stress right now, but this is still pretty unacceptable. My current plan is to wait for my next payment period, and if I don't have both by then, I won't be coming into work until I do.
I recognize that by posting here I might be getting biased opinions on the matter, but do you think this is a fair course of action? Is there something else I should be doing?