Immediate Pay Violation

[CuckoosNest]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Connecticut

I was involuntarily laid off by my former employer. I've already received my final pay, however they did not pay me within 24 hours as I now understand they were supposed to. (Instead, they made a direct deposit in the next pay cycle as if my departure was voluntary.) I also understand that this is definitely out of compliance with CT state law.

Can I take any kind of action against them for this? I'm not looking for any sort of monetary gain... I'd just like to keep them from doing this to others going forward.

 

[cbg]

Ah, yes, still another martyr who is only looking to benefit those who come after him and do not want anything for themselves?

If you REALLY didn't want any monetary gain, you'd simply point the error out to him. There would be no need to take any legal action.

But I'll pretend, for a moment or two, that I believe you.

You can file a complaint with the state DOL. However, expect that your complaint will be filed way, way down at the bottom of the pile, to be looked at only after those who have not been paid at all, or who have REAL problems, have bee taken care of.

If you have any other questions, someone else can answer them. There's only so much hypocracy I can take in one day.

 

[CuckoosNest]

Ah, yes, still another martyr who is only looking to benefit those who come after him and do not want anything for themselves?

If you have any other questions, someone else can answer them. There's only so much hypocracy I can take in one day.

The hypocracy here is that this is supposed to be a forum for free legal advice, not off-the-cuff, biased, personal jabs.

Since you've opened the can of worms:

1) I worked for said company for five years and have many, many friends still working there that I am still very much in contact with. Said company continues to lay people off, and probably will continue to do so until they are out of business. I've been gone for a year, so there would be no sense in me trying to gain anything out of this... I'd just like to let others know what their rights (and recourse) are, and perhaps keep give the company a wake up call and remind them that there are rules that they need to adhere to. And, since we're baring our souls here, I admit I wouldn't mind it coming from me. They weren't kind to me during my departure... but obviously something like that wouldn't matter to a judgmental know-it-all like yourself.

2) I've taken a new job, and a portion of that is processing paperwork for people departing the company. It's helpful to know what sort of risk we could be putting ourselves at by not complying.

But you have me all figured out: I'm a rotten person. Thanks for the reminder. I didn't realize that this forum was populated by people who are both attorneys AND psychologists.

Honestly, this website is a tremendous idea. The problem is that people like you (with the legal knowledge) have this immediate, knee-jerk response to assume that anyone posting a question here is some money-grubbing, selfish jerk. Some are. Some aren't. The point is that you should just answer the question and spare us all the snarky put-downs.

In short, if helping people is so outrageously difficult for you to do, then DON'T.

 

[eerelations]

You can report your former employer to the DOL. Since you've already been paid, you won't gain monetarily. Someday the DOL will send a notice to your foprmer employer ordering it to never do this again. Hopefully your former employer will comply with the order.

The above are facts. If they look like off-the-cuff, biased, personal jabs, well then, you've got some problems that are 'way beyond the scope of these forums.

 

[CuckoosNest]

You can report your former employer to the DOL. Since you've already been paid, you won't gain monetarily. Someday the DOL will send a notice to your former employer ordering it to never do this again. Hopefully your former employer will comply with the order.

The above are facts. If they look like off-the-cuff, biased, personal jabs, well then, you've got some problems that are way beyond the scope of these forums.

No, you didn't accuse me of being a martyr and a hypocrite in your reply, unlike some others. This is a great answer and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

 

[cbg]

And I told you that too. But because I called you on a couple of items you don't want to admit, you ignore that.

 

[eerelations]

No, you didn't accuse me of being a martyr and a hypocrite in your reply, unlike some others. This is a great answer and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

I only repeated what cbg told you. I didn't repeat the other stuff because she said it so well herself.

 

[CuckoosNest]

And I told you that too. But because I called you on a couple of items you don't want to admit, you ignore that.

Answer me this then: Why even bother typing words that are meant to be ignored? Why waste your time (and ours) if it's obviously so irritating to you?

It seems to me you only enjoy dispensing advice when you can unfairly slam the advisee in the process. I say don't bother. I was so insulted by the personally-oriented crap in your post that I couldn't see that there might be some worth to the rest of it (i.e. the part I'm not supposed to ignore)

eerelations managed to answer the question soundly without being an insultive jerk. You should try doing the same. Oh, and if you don't like being called-out in return, feel free to "ignore" this as well.

 

[CuckoosNest]

I only repeated what cbg told you. I didn't repeat the other stuff because she said it so well herself.

Wow, thanks. I really appreciate that.

 

[eerelations]

Hey you're welcome, anytime!!!

Don't forget to tell us all about the progress of that DOL claim you're going to file!

 

[CuckoosNest]

Hey you're welcome, anytime!!!

Don't forget to tell us all about the progress of that DOL claim you're going to file!

Heavy sigh. So glad you've got me all figured out, too.

I'm actually working on a list of names of people who were treated the same by my former employer... I figure a bunch of violations is better than one. But why would I keep you posted? So you can continue to put me down? No, thanks.

 

[eerelations]

You can't file a claim or report on their behalf, they must each do this themselves. And the likelihood of them doing this for absolutely nothing is probably next to nil.

 

[CuckoosNest]

You can't file a claim or report on their behalf, they must each do this themselves. And the likelihood of them doing this for absolutely nothing is probably next to nil.

Wow... so you know all these other people as well? I had no idea you were so perceptive and so well-educated on our particular situation. Thanks for helping out our class action, hypocritical, martyred cause.

Okay, let's put all motivations aside... just answer two simple questions:

1) Does or does not CT state law say that involuntarily severed employees are to be paid within 24 hours of their termination?

2) If this employer is consistently ignoring the law, shouldn't some sort of action be taken against them?

Sorry you think that I'm the anti-christ for wanting to fix this, but there is a problem here that should be addressed. And if not be me, then by whom?

 

[cbg]

1.) Actually, no, it does not. It says the next business day after termination, which is not the same thing (though it can be in some situations).

2.) That is not your decision to make.

 

[CuckoosNest]

1) Thanks for the clarification.

2) Then who or what governing body makes such decisions? Who would enforce this law?

(PS - Just so you don't think I'm picking on some innocent little mom & pop company, this is a hedge fund I'm talking about, and a major one at that. They are all about financial compliance, and I'm of the mindset that not complying to this law doesn't simply constitute and "oops" on their behalf.)