My fiancé’s former employer is refusing to give him his last paycheck and is threatening to file a complaint with the board of ethics.
Employed in NY as an independent contractor
Backstory:
My fiancé worked as a social worker at a private practice. He must work under a licensed clinical social worker until he he receives his license to do so (in 1.5 years).
His previous employer was incredibly toxic (not transparent about pay, fired people for very little, confrontational, and all around terrifying).
My fiancé decided to leave for his own mental health but has seen this employer fire people immediately after giving their 2 weeks.
Since he wanted to discharge with these clients ethically and provide proper continuity of care, he discharged/supported his clients in transferring to the new practice that he works at in his last two weeks without his employer’s knowledge.
The employer is now stating that he did not work the hours that he did in the last two weeks at this practice.
The employer is also claiming that my fiancé did not provide his clients with continuity of care and is contacting each one to let them know of this. He has also threatened to file a complaint with the board of ethics
My question is:
How does my fiancé get his money from this employer and protect himself from these allegations?