I accepted a job as an hourly employee for a consulting co. A client needed me on-site on short notice, so I accepted the job with the oral agreement with the consulting co. that I would receive $50/hr, added to the co. payroll as an employee, and receive help with travel expenses. It's been almost 1 yr still working on the same client contract. I have frequently received late paychecks, twice - checks with insufficient funds, and received 2 small checks for travel which equaled to roughly 5-6% on my total costs. It took 2 1/2 months to receive my first check, which was only for 2 weeks of work, with 10 weeks outstanding. I am currently waiting for another late payday with another one being only 5 days away, which I'm afraid will be late as well. The reason I'm given for these delays is "an issue with availability of funds." I also have worked overtime hours, only paid regular rate for them, and been promised extra and have never seen an extra cent.

Do I have any legal course of action to recover monetary damages, bank fees, late fees, interest accrued, etc...from the co.'s lack of responsible paydays?

I should note that when I accepted this, I had been recently had a baby, made the decision for my wife to stay at home and not work, and then was laid off from my job. So I was pressed to get work and keep money coming in.

From what you posted, it appears to me that the company is on the edge of loosing it.

Document everything, and contact the DOL in your area. They will either help you, or tell you where to go to get help. There might be other factors involved, that without reading all the details, (not for the public) could change everything.

Good luck