Duanejones625
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- Jurisdiction
- Washington
My manager(s) made it his own policy of withholding paychecks to manipulate or punish crew for not meeting expected output. Paychecks arrive by Fedex at 10 am on Fridays. On this particular Friday Cody and myself were working out of town hoping to complete 4 jobs. We were in the process of completing the third job, when manager called at 4:00 checking status. I told her we had another hour of work due to being delayed an hour to start. She asked if we were going to be able to get the last job done, and I told her it didn't seem possible that we wouldn't get to the job site for 2 and a half hours. To which she replied "Oh by the way, checks won't be in until 10 am in the morning."
Cody and I finished at 6:00 and found that everyone else got their checks as normal.
The next day we got our checks, and I started asking questions...Manager got belligerent on the phone and said "you're fired'...on second thought, we don't have enough work for you so you're laid off.""
Is this legal ??
I have witnesses to all stated events and conversations.
Cody and I finished at 6:00 and found that everyone else got their checks as normal.
The next day we got our checks, and I started asking questions...Manager got belligerent on the phone and said "you're fired'...on second thought, we don't have enough work for you so you're laid off.""
Is this legal ??
I have witnesses to all stated events and conversations.