Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do?

Re:Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do? by 1123581321 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @01:57AM (#5593507)

I'm not your lawyer and I don't know where you live. However, I suspect that your employer will have no standing to sue you and at best can deduct notice pay from salary you haven't yet received, which you probably won't receive since they're going out of business or incompetent.

However, please talk to a lawyer in your area about this. My post is meant to do nothing other than encourage you to find out your rights and the practicalities of the situation and take care of yourself.

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Re:Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do? by Techasura on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:13AM (#5593547)

well, he is cooking up stories that i signed the offer letter which i never signed.

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Re:Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do? by 1123581321 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:28AM (#5593589)

Again, this is a legal law issue and depends on your jurisdiction, but his case goes nowhere even if you did sign.

Keep in mind that in many places, your employer is in serious trouble with the Labor Department or equivalent if he does not pay you. Any legal action to obtain the salary in lieu, even if successful in collecting it, would be wiped out by fees, fines from the DoL and his obligation to pay you.

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Re:Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do? by rex_gsd on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:29AM (#5593592)

For a written contract to be valid it needs to be signed. If you never signed any contracts you have no employment contract for him to base any legal cases against you on.

What country is this?

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Re:Ask HN: Company not paying salary on time, what to do? by caseyf7 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:05AM (#5593703)

If you're in California, most of the conditions in the offer letter are unenforceable anyway. You can quit without notice.

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