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First, always try to make sure you don't actually need the paycheck on time to meet your responsibilities, but stuff does happen occasionally anywhere that can
by hellofunk 11y ago
First, always try to make sure you don't actually need the paycheck on time to meet your responsibilities, but stuff does happen occasionally anywhere that can cause a payment delay.
Next, if this is the employer or client's first late check, don't worry about it. If it happens again, worry about it and express your concerns that this is not acceptable. If it happens a third time, I'd personally be looking for other opportunities that were more stable.
Not sure legal action is even possible on a slightly delayed pay check, depends on your contract. For freelance work, many places require by law a 30 day payment period after you issue an invoice; that's the case in my country.
- cableshaft 11y agoI don't agree with this "Three Strikes and your Company is Out!" advice. A company asked me to take a paycheck late once (basically giving us a form that said we can stay and get paid late or we can quit and get our last check late), and I agreed, especially after the client apologized personally and said he'd wire the money as soon as it got freed up. I got two paychecks like a week and a half later. A month later the form got passed out again. That second time I really, really considered, on principle, going with "quit", even though I didn't have anything else lined up. Before I made the decision, though, I was called in to the office and laid off, along with about half of the staff. And then I got that check about two weeks later. That first time is a harbinger of things to come. Don't ignore it. Start looking for something else immediately. You might not get a second warning.