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merickson
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I am writing from Durham, NC. I was working as a chef at a local restaurant for about 9 months when I finally quit due to unbearable working circumstances. I was salaried and received a bi-weekly paycheck of $850.00. When I returned to pick up my last paycheck, I found one for $175.00. This paycheck should have covered a full two weeks. Upon confronting the restaurant owner, he stated that he took out money from this last paycheck for "payroll advances" during my first two pay periods at his restaurant. First of all, the personal checks he wrote were not pay advances, they were payment to rectify glitches on the part of the company that handles the payroll. If these were "payroll advances," then shouldn't he have made me aware of that and then set up a repayment schedule? This was never brought to my attention, and upon review of my pay stubs, this was not even an "advance." The timing of the payment shows that they were exactly what I assumed them to be: rectification of payroll glitches. What laws do I have on my side, other then Title III, which address the issue of non-payment and unlawful wage garnishment?
