My jurisdiction is: New York
Hello,
My employer has his commercial bank account locked by The Workers Compensation Board of New York. She can't pay my salary in full amount, but manage to give some petty cash.
As a young entrepreneur, she made the mistake not to pay the Board the premiums since she didn't understand the purpose of the workers compensation. She thought it was a liability insurance. And since, we were only 2 employees at the beginning and one left to work on a 1099 for one of her customers, she didn't think the insurance was crucial to her business.
Unfortunately, there was a jugement and she had a fine of $35,000 that she coudn't pay. It is at its fourth month now and she says that it is at its final stage. The board asked her bank to pay a fine (approx. $6000) the bank paid but apparently now the bank is waiting for a waiver from the Commissioner in person to release the account. She has to write to the commissioner to get a hearing date and then listened to his summons.
I went to the Workers Compensation Board of New York's web site and there is nothing related to that kind of issue. She is a good employer, she made everything possible to give me the minimum amount to feed my family of three children but I need to get my money now and I am afraid that the board is so lost in current layoffs and economic issues that my employer is going to go bankrupt or just give up the bureaucratic hurdles.
How to get any information regarding the Workers Compensation Board procedures? And please, I beg you not to answer, "just get a lawyer". I have had this answer already and I don't want to sue her, that what the board was created for.
Thank you for your help.
Hello,
My employer has his commercial bank account locked by The Workers Compensation Board of New York. She can't pay my salary in full amount, but manage to give some petty cash.
As a young entrepreneur, she made the mistake not to pay the Board the premiums since she didn't understand the purpose of the workers compensation. She thought it was a liability insurance. And since, we were only 2 employees at the beginning and one left to work on a 1099 for one of her customers, she didn't think the insurance was crucial to her business.
Unfortunately, there was a jugement and she had a fine of $35,000 that she coudn't pay. It is at its fourth month now and she says that it is at its final stage. The board asked her bank to pay a fine (approx. $6000) the bank paid but apparently now the bank is waiting for a waiver from the Commissioner in person to release the account. She has to write to the commissioner to get a hearing date and then listened to his summons.
I went to the Workers Compensation Board of New York's web site and there is nothing related to that kind of issue. She is a good employer, she made everything possible to give me the minimum amount to feed my family of three children but I need to get my money now and I am afraid that the board is so lost in current layoffs and economic issues that my employer is going to go bankrupt or just give up the bureaucratic hurdles.
How to get any information regarding the Workers Compensation Board procedures? And please, I beg you not to answer, "just get a lawyer". I have had this answer already and I don't want to sue her, that what the board was created for.
Thank you for your help.