What happens when ur friend gets u a job and then ur friend loses his job b cause of lawful action. But I still keep mine but when friend loses job and get his pay he said s that I am his employer and takes my pay check and tells owner he will pay me but

Illiagle actions with pay ment to employer . Owener of business giving checks under someone else’s name to wrong employer leading to person stealing money from them and not giving rightful information and manager saying that pay check will be ready with in 2 days and u have filled out paper work to pick up pay check and when we went to work place to get it we are told there is no check cuz so called friend has taken money and no we are out of payment from work cuz the owner or manager will not pay

1 answer  |  asked May 25, 2018 3:26 PM [EST]  |  applies to District of Columbia

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Richard Renner
This is obviously a complicated and factually intesive question. Because DC has a good wage theft law, you should not have difficulty finding an experienced employment lawyer who would handle this matter on a contingent basis so you would not have to pay legal fees in advance. You can find employment lawyers in DC at:
https://www.mwela.org/find-a-lawyer
If you contact me directly, I can refer you to laywers who consider taking DC wage theft cases on a contingent basis:
Richard R. Renner
Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C.
818 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 466-8696 direct
(202) 331-9260 office
1-877-527-0446 fax
rrenner@kcnlaw.com
www.kcnlaw.com
Pronouns: he/him

posted by Richard Renner  |  May 28, 2018 10:03 AM [EST]

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