Somebody that will work on contingency. Could be wrongful termination, discrimination. Sounds like they forced her to quit.

Would it be a labor lawyer? Or is there another type I should look for?

but a well-rounded generalist could also do the job.

and make sure you get her to take photos of her time card.

Taking advantage of any handicapped person is sick beyond belief. I hope your daughter realizes not everyone is like that.

A labor lawyer usually deals with union issues.

But call around to both kinds, I could be mistaken.

Also, check the state and county bar associations and the court system. They may have referral services or be able to help find a lawyer.

and x-post in NH and other forums, like Asperger's/PDD (Group)

Manchester Area Office
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
1155 Elm Street, Suite 501
Manchester, NH 03101

Phone:
(505) 248-6100
1-866-4-USWAGE
(1-866-487-9243)


George Watkins
District Director

They kicked ass when I needed help.

Every bit of information is helpful! I want to know EVERYTHING I can do federal agencies I can contact too!

and document everything - when she wasn't paid on schedule with the rest of the employees and see if she has copies of anything she signed during her new hire intake/orientation that could cause any deviation from their normal practices.

Let her work out her two-week notice to them instead of just quitting. Document how they treat her from the 'giving notice' standpoint and monitor her direct deposit activities. By letting her work through her notice, she should let you know if she's being treated differently, if there's management hostility or anything like that. If they make it intolerable for her, have her document what's going on with names, dates and times to help build your case.

There should be a Wage/Hour attorney you can find to assist, if not, scout your local law school and see if there's a Professor who can assist or see if there's someone from a local legal society who can assist.

Good luck and please let me know how this goes down - it smells and sounds like bullshit is happening to someone who clearly doesn't deserve it.

(even if she has'nt made enough in the past to qualify), her reasons for leaving employment voluntarily will be checked, and forwarded appropriately to a Labor Dept. investigator.
Since Employment security and the Labor Dept. were put under the same comissioner a little over a year ago, they work together a lot more closely. I got fired by a real sleazeball last summer, and they f'n shredded him for me.
You may well be able to report it directly to Dept. of Labor, but your local Employment Security office can hook you up with them.

PS - I am an Aspie, or something similar. We are canaries in the mine for bad employers - something about us brings out the worst in them.

for work that she does?

they said it was a "computer glitch" then she found her name was never in the computer at all. She never got a proper pay stub but was supposed to have access to the website (which she has no access to )

THis last time when she did not get paid at all, her boss blamed her and then re-entered her hours again to be paid today along with last week's hours.

Now she has gone two weeks no pay.


WHen Sarah contacted her boss she said she would contact corporate. But nothing more today.

Just once I'd like to see someone own up to their own incompetence or dishonesty rather than blaming the computer. I used to work on computer systems that got blamed for people's mistakes, so my first thought was that this was the explanation they gave. I'd think a retail company with the 4th most locations in the US (over 10,000) has reliable software, so I suspected that was complete bull (as you did).

I wish you the best of luck handling the situation, and hope your daughter is taking it all well. Sorry I can't offer any advice that others have already posted, but you have my support.

He/she should be assisting her in finding out why she hasn't received payment.

Is this a new store?

http://www.dollargeneral.com/storeLocator/

My daughter busted her ass getting that places set up to open a couple of weeks ago.

I wish you the best, but I think you're assuming the worst, when it's probably just everybody trying to figure out how this here system works.

The fact that she's the only one with the problem could be explained by her being the only one that was entered incorrectly in the payroll system.

Don't jump into a legal battle without first working to resolve the problem. You'll get her labeled as a litigious "problem employee".

EDIT: I just saw your comment about this being a new store, which makes error a more likely cause.

but it has been 5 or 6 weeks now and she has gone from being paid late to not being paid at all. The manager has been aware of it and has not fixed it. This has gone on too long for it to be error.

He should be reported. If you don't get any results after that, then the problem goes higher up & needs to be reported for investigation.

I know the challenge & the emotion you have to deal with, Robyn, & I wish you the best of luck.

If she ever runs into this situation in the future, or similar problems - advise her to look for a new job while keeping the old one. It's so hard to get a job as it it, but many employers won't hire someone who is unemployed. It's way easier to get a job when you already have one. And now she'll have that employment history of holding a job for only a few weeks, which will also count against her. Long term, she likely would have been better off sticking it out and working the system to get the retroactive pay.

I know that's a bit of a debbie downer response and what's done is done. I'm just pointing out that you should rethink some things if you'll be in a position to give her career advice again down the road.

She is starting college in September this isn't a job she needs and she has some other irons in the fire.

That's a reasonable explanation for leaving a job.

It looks like a pretty clear violation.

Get on the manager's ass and STAY on the manager's ass until this is resolved. If necessary, drop a few "l" words...like "lawyer" and "lawsuit." Take it higher, too.

If she hasn't yet, this would be a great time for her to learn how to stand up for herself and not rely on others to bring in the cavalry. I'd step back and answer her questions, but not do it for her.