My husband works for a company and gets paid a salary plus monthly commissions. The company recently began doing their own payroll and have since paid my husband the wrong amount on eight consecutive paychecks. Until recently, the company has always eventually paid us the amount we are owed, but they have taken weeks to fix the errors. Currently, we are owed almost $1000, which the the CFO agreed we were owed and wrote a check for the correct amount, and then later decided that we were not owed the money and stopped the check without telling us. The CFO has made mistakes on every one of our checks. The other people in the departement are aware that we are owed, as is one of the company owners, but the CFO refuses to pay us. First, is there anything we can do to make sure that we receive the correct pay in a timely manner going forward, and second, what can we do to receive the money that we are currently owed? Is there a board we can register a complaint to? Should we hire an attorney? Thank you.

He may or may not need an attorney.

Let me ask some questions. Does your husband have an employment contract? Is he exempt or nonexempt? How much in arrears are the commissions? How much of the amount owed is wages for time worked vs. commissions?