Is this legal?

notrichenough
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:06:37 +0000

I doubt they can put the employer out of business, but they can get heavily fined and if bad enough, face criminal charges.

I know a few people who have had issues with receiving what they are owed. They filed a complaint with the Department of Labor, who I guess then opens up an investigation. The cases were speedily resolved and the employees got their money. Apparently a company would much rather pay up than have the gov’t digging around in their business looking for problems.

As for different labor laws - I dunno. Every company I ever worked for had employee manuals and benefits guides and what-not that explained exactly what you get. Maybe OP’s dad needs to track down these documents.