Update

[jarandhel]

My manager from Spanky's just called me a few minutes ago. She was asked to by the owner of Spanky's, who says he's coming down there himself today to sort out payroll and that everyone should get their money within two weeks. Anyone else notice how the deadline for how long it will take to get paid keeps getting lengthened?

I told her flat out that I don't think any of us, myself included, will return to work unless we have our money in hand already, if even then. We just don't trust these promises anymore. With good reason, I think.

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[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

And it just got more so. I called my manager back a few minutes ago to ask her to call me and let me know when they got there tonight, I wanted to come down and speak to them in person myself. Now the story is that it's just the owner's mother (the real owner) who is coming down and she is just picking up the payroll paperwork and taking it to the Lexington store so that it can get worked out.

[dogemperor.livejournal.com]

I'm with Piperdawn on this. Get a lawyer.

Hell, seeing as there's lots of employees affected, you could probably get class action on this. Contact a local law school or your local bar association (you can get the listing from directory assistance) and ask them if they have anyone who'd be willing to do a class action lawsuit for either contingency (aka they don't get paid if you don't win) or on pro bono status...at the least, the bar association could help you.

Hell, you could even theoretically sue for back wages in small claims court, depending on what Virginia's limit is (the smallest I've ever seen in a state is $1500, and that's here in KY; most of the time it's more like $3000-5000; you can probably find out for sure at http://www.nolo.com)...they ARE in breach of contract at this point.

(Yes, I've seen companies sued for this. One of my hubby's former employers is presently having the shit sued out of them because they failed to pay severances packages for people they laid off :3)