Hello all,
A few days ago, I got a new job, and quit my old one (on the spot, after showing up to inform them that I couldn't work there that day, or any day after). Friday (today), was supposed to be payday where the employees get their checks handed to them, and go across the street to the bank to deposit them.
Yesterday, my former boss sent me a text message "Your check will be mailed to whatever address you provided. You are not welcome to come inside this building anymore", meaning that I cant pick up my check. I suspect there may be some funny business about getting my check to me in a prompt fashion (I really, really need the money to pay rent, and for transit to new job).
After doing some searching of the Illinois General Assembly wage law section, specfically 820 ILCS 115/5 ( http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs...2&ChapterID=68 ) , the statute says :
" Sec. 5. Every employer shall pay the final compensation of separated employees in full, at the time of separation, if possible, but in no case later than the next regularly scheduled payday for such employee. Where such employee requests in writing that his final compensation be paid by check and mailed to him, the employer shall comply with this request. "
It makes no reference to what "next regularly scheduled payday" refers to -- the next payday after resignation/termination, or another pay cycle after the next coming cycle?
I'm really afraid my former boss is going to try and deny me from getting my check promptly (even though it was an amicable seperation).
Any thoughts, ideas, questions? I'd like to be able to recover the check today, but I definitely dont want to make a scene, or worse, get ticketed/arrested for potential trespass.
--yesChef
A few days ago, I got a new job, and quit my old one (on the spot, after showing up to inform them that I couldn't work there that day, or any day after). Friday (today), was supposed to be payday where the employees get their checks handed to them, and go across the street to the bank to deposit them.
Yesterday, my former boss sent me a text message "Your check will be mailed to whatever address you provided. You are not welcome to come inside this building anymore", meaning that I cant pick up my check. I suspect there may be some funny business about getting my check to me in a prompt fashion (I really, really need the money to pay rent, and for transit to new job).
After doing some searching of the Illinois General Assembly wage law section, specfically 820 ILCS 115/5 ( http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs...2&ChapterID=68 ) , the statute says :
" Sec. 5. Every employer shall pay the final compensation of separated employees in full, at the time of separation, if possible, but in no case later than the next regularly scheduled payday for such employee. Where such employee requests in writing that his final compensation be paid by check and mailed to him, the employer shall comply with this request. "
It makes no reference to what "next regularly scheduled payday" refers to -- the next payday after resignation/termination, or another pay cycle after the next coming cycle?
I'm really afraid my former boss is going to try and deny me from getting my check promptly (even though it was an amicable seperation).
Any thoughts, ideas, questions? I'd like to be able to recover the check today, but I definitely dont want to make a scene, or worse, get ticketed/arrested for potential trespass.
--yesChef
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