Fired and not reimbursed

[Glosha30]

Can an employer fire you and cut the hours you worked the day you were fired? I worked 8 hours and only got 5. hours on my last check. Is that legal ? I also have proof of the time I left the building on my discharge paper.

 

[army judge]

You must prove you were authorized to work eight hours.
If you can, contact your states's wage and hour board.
Report the matter to them, they'll investigate.
Good luck.

 

[Betty3]

It would have been nice to know the name of your state. If you *actually* worked 8 hours (authorized or not), you should be paid for 8 hrs. Any idea why you were only paid for 5 hrs.? Generally (not knowing your state though), you can file a wage claim/complaint with your state DOL.

(You seem to be an hourly non-exempt employee.)

 

[cbg]

You are not necessarily owed pay until the time you left the building - if you were then any employee could get paid an extra five hours a week by hanging out in the break room for an hour after work every night.

I have a suspicion there's something you're not telling us. At what point during the day were you told you were fired?

 

[Betty3]

That is why I said if the OP actually worked, OP had to get paid - OP said worked 8 hrs. but could definitely not be telling us something. You don't get paid if you didn't actually work.