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My warning is that in reality, the employer can just take the money for whatever reason he chooses.

What's the real difference between that and your employer simply choosing to not pay you at all? As a practical matter, he can decide to not pay you anything this week for whatever reason he chooses, but if it's something stupid, he's probably going to answer for it later.

26 posted on 06/14/2005 9:22:54 AM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)

No, actually an employer cannot withhold pay for a week. It's against the law. They have to give you the money on the designated payday. But again, if he breaks the rules, good luck finding someone who cares.

So if your employer told you that you must sign a non-compete or you would not receive your already earned pay, you would be fine with that? Or if he got mad at you and decided to debit your account on payday for the full amount of your paycheck, you would be fine with that? What if he then held the money until you signed something else he wanted you to sign? No problem? That's just the way payroll works?

28 posted on 06/14/2005 9:30:22 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)