Q: Employer withholding my paycheck for many reasons, never asks if it's okay. Is this illegal? What are my options?
She pieces out payments to me in small increments of 100-200 dollars. By the time the previous check has been paid, the next is due, leaving me over 1 week behind all the time. It has been like this for months, was never like this before. She always has excuses like "electric bill, rent, delivery truck payment, etc" for why she can't pay me, but seems to be able to pay for her personal vehicles, home, and over 20 horses to be maintained.
There has never been any communication from her directly about sacrificing my pay for the above purposes, I always have to ask about my money, at this point I'm asking daily and basically begging.
A: Missouri has a strict law about when a final paycheck is due but I’m unaware of any statute governing the timing of pay while you are still employed. If your employer cannot afford to pay you or won’t timely pay you, maybe it’s time to look for another job rather than wait to be terminated.
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