I’m so frustrated. My most recent employer admitted via email today that they were holding my check and accused me of stealing from the office (I never once did- not even a pen) and said I had until tomorrow to return the “stolen items” or my check would go in the trash, essentially.
I know this is illegal. I know they can’t hold a check, and they’ve admitted in writing to doing so when they said weeks ago my check would be sent on the next payday, April 1 (or March 31 since 4/1 was a Saturday). They’ve obviously been sitting on my check for weeks waiting to find anything missing they could pin on me and blame me for this check not going out. The thing that they claim I stole wasn’t even there when I started, I told multiple people it needed to be ordered and it never was.
I feel like I have no leg to stand on. I filed a wage claim, but that could take 3 weeks to get acknowledged and who knows how much longer after that it’ll take for me to get my check?
I just want to pay some bills, I don’t know why they’re being so immature about sending this check out. I didn’t do anything wrong my entire employment- everyone gushed over me, and now that I’m gone, they’re dragging this out as long as possible.
Can I ensure a speedy delivery of my check that they’re claiming to hold/throw away tomorrow? Or am I just at the whim of these people?