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My wife took a former employer to small claims court. It was as straight forward as it gets.

• anon291 3y ago
  Unfortunately, not enough people know about small claims court. I agree.. It's very easy. My dad had several cases in it when some contractors really messed up our house. Very quick resolution.
• wahnfrieden 3y ago
  > “The process for filing a wage-theft complaint form is very onerous and cumbersome, so there’s an immediate obstacle in the process itself. But once that form is filed, it takes months if not years for the department of labor to even investigate it.”
  • kadoban 3y ago
    It's different if you're just trying to get what you're obviously owed (especially if small-claims covers it) vs trying to stop the employer from pulling the same shit over and over.
  • dr-detroit 3y ago
    So we have here an anecdote vs. a biased narrative hmmm
  • zdragnar 3y ago
    The department of labor doesn't make you whole. It investigates failure to adhere to regulations. If you are owned money, go to small claims court. If a thousand employees are owed money, the time spent for the company becomes painful indeed, and these court cases will raise the notoriety of the company in the department of labor's view. Even so, the department of labor has it's own procedures it has to follow to make a fair investigation.