Employer failing to pay employee

[elmwolf]

Hello...My husband worked for a company for over 2 years. In that time, they were late paying him numerous times, but eventually caught the paychecks up. The last 5 weeks before he quit/got fired, they did not pay him. He was planning on quitting to look for a job full time, but the owners said they would fire him so that he could get unemployment. They still have not paid him for those last 5 weeks, and that was in June, because they say they don't have the money. But we have heard, that the employer has not missed a check of his own, and even takes vacations. What rights, as an employee, do we have to get the money owed for work done?

[cbg]

He has the right to contact the state DOL and file a complaint for unpaid wages.