Wernway
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- Jurisdiction
- California
I accepted a position as a operations manager for a small business with less than 10 employees April 16th 2019 to hopefully help someone whom I knew in my industry for roughly 15 years stabilize his business with corporate experience on a larger scale. Ultimately, it became clear fast that among a number of alarming business practices and they lack of inclusion into important business decisions I made the decision 5/6 to let the owner know I was resigning knowing I wouldn't be the right person to help. I made the resignation via text message although unprofessional I was unable to get a call to be answered and wanted it in writing. I received no response and days went by without me receiving a response or my final paycheck. I again followed up via text and email for the next two weeks asking for it with no response. On 5/19 I submitted a claim to the California labor law office after gaining knowledge of the law and that it was legal obligation for it to be sent to me within 3 days. I then forwarded the claim paperwork to my employer alerting them that I had made the claim and 5/23 a same daycourier service delivered a hand written check with no paystub to me pre dated 5/9.
Today I received a letter of the disputed from the employer to the labor deputy mostly attacking my character and falsifying claims about my performance which I'm not even sure are relevant to the claim. I responded to the deputy saying I refused to discuss anything outside the black and white claim to the law regarding when the pay came and when the law says it should have. I have a mitigation meeting 8/20 but my question is whether there really is anything relevant other than the timeline of the checks or if I need to be prepared further. A side note is my employer has not provided accurate paystubs and possibly appears to have not filed my employment status properly for the first pay period.
Today I received a letter of the disputed from the employer to the labor deputy mostly attacking my character and falsifying claims about my performance which I'm not even sure are relevant to the claim. I responded to the deputy saying I refused to discuss anything outside the black and white claim to the law regarding when the pay came and when the law says it should have. I have a mitigation meeting 8/20 but my question is whether there really is anything relevant other than the timeline of the checks or if I need to be prepared further. A side note is my employer has not provided accurate paystubs and possibly appears to have not filed my employment status properly for the first pay period.