I have a legal question pertaining to an employer withholding pay and threatening lawsuit for an unpaid exp.?
ยท If you owe them the money they can sue you for it but……………. they illegally held your last check, regardless of what you owed they cannot hold your pay. The deductions they take cannot lower your pay to below minimum wage for every hour worked during that pay-period. Deductions from pay also require you sign an agreement allowing the deduction and the agreement must be, in most states, for your benefit (which this was) and must clearly state the amount taken out of the check and under federal law cannot take the pay below minimum wage for each hour worked. If you did not take home at least minimum wage each pay-period then they handled this wrong and MAY owe you a considerable amount of money. In most states they will owe you the pay as well as penalties for all this time. You may want to contact them and let them know that they can consider this paid in full or you will file a wage claim with the state, which is going to cost them a whole lot more. You may decide to file a
