I have worked for a business for about 5 mths and was just "released", I was never specifically told I was fired or terminated or anything, I was taken off the schedule and had a meeting where I was told I was under suspicion of theft. Now I tried for a week after I came back from vaction to contact my direct manager to see what was going on. I finally cornered her and setup a meeting. Then the meeting never went through. I talked to another manager that has equal power. I was then told that the reason they weren't handing me my check was because they have a "thing" about giving final paychecks to employees who are no longer employeed and suspected of theft. Now the whole situation comes back to a period where I had to open the business, which i used to do 5 days a week. We have a start up "bag" in which is usually $155. Now this whole last week of employment I was told, after I brought it to the attention of my manager, that the start up would be at $105 until further notice so i shouldn't "be surprised". I don't trust any of them so i get a verification of the count everytime it isn't $155. That friday the bag was $105, so i went over to the co-business (attached and owned by the same owners) and had their opener verify and sign a piece of paper that says I started at $105. The next day I come in and was told I need to have a meeting before I start work... 2.5 hrs later... I finally get a meeting with an asst. mgr. I am told that my cashout is fine if I started with $105... but the person who filled the bag said that it was $155.. so I am being asked where the money went, so I tell them I have someone to back me up.. but the kicker is that his startup bag was $50 short too... so now I am unemployeed and they are witholding my pay and saying I could always pay them the $100 and get my final paycheck.. and it gets better.. i find out the same day as this meeting that my last paycheck issued 3 weeks ago just bounced... so I notify my former employer and they say they can see what they can do. My questions are real simple: What can I do legally, if it is contacting the DoL what department, Compliance? Also, since they have not payed all of their employees on regularly scheduled dates the whole summer, can I do something to see pay for the problems that caused with landlords and such? And finally, since this theft charge is B.S. can I do something to get some sort of justice about that? I would try to talk to a lawyer, but I am now -2 paychecks and the bank is in negative numbers