Not sure if this is the correct place for this. I am a single dad of 2. I had been working for this company for 3 years. they recently laid me off on 1/23/22 due to downsizing and budget cuts. they still have not paid me, they owe me 12k. I keep getting the run around being told a date then it is pushed back when the date comes. I live and work in CA. After bills and a recent car repair I'm pretty strapped. Do lawyers for this kind of thing charge up front? They're not a large company but surely should have enough to pay me by now if not I think they may have bigger problems.