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Floridianwantingpaycheck
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- Jurisdiction
- Florida
I worked for a major pizza chain when I found out I was moving. I notified the store manager before the end of the scheduled week that I would not be available due to me having to live for family reasons. In person at the store, I gave the store manager my address as to where I would be moving to and asked for my paycheck to be mailed to the new address and the store manager agreed to do so. I waited a week for the paycheck and it never came, so I called the store to find out what the holdup was and was told that the store manager had lost my new address and needed to have it again, which I immediately gave. The next day I called to verify that the paycheck had been mailed out, at which point the store manager advised me that I am required to drive to the store to pick up the paycheck and it will not be mailed to me. I moved nearly two hundred miles from the store, so driving down to pick it up is not an option. I advised her that I would be contacting her boss to find out what could be done. While speaking to the area manager, he informed me that I would need to mail him a copy of my drivers license showing the new address. Mind you, part of the reason I need the paycheck is so that I will have the money to go to my states DMV to change the address on my license. I advised him of this and he stated that since I did not give the address in person at the store before I moved that the only options I have are to drive two hundred miles to pick it up or send a copy of the drivers license with the new address. As the driving is not an option and I need the paycheck to pay for the new license with address change, his options are not available. I also advised him that I had gone to the store before I moved and given the address to the store manager in person, but she claims to have lost the address. I advised that I will seek legal counsel to force him to mail my paycheck to me, and he hung up. Within five minutes I received a call from human resources asking me to verify the new address for her, which I did. I also asked if the paycheck would be mailed to me, but received no answer, and she hung up. What is my legal recourse to be able to get my paycheck? I have a friend that is an attorney, but I want to wait before I contact her for legal representation on a pro bono basis.