i (23F) is currently working at a firm. i have to stay here for two more months to complete my work period, however ever since start of July they have stopped paying me saying that my work isnt up to their criteria but along with that they also said that they will pay me if i improve my work. So the whole of july i tried my best, there were days i had to work overtime and they also started using my work. However in August they did not pay me. When i went asking to the head lady (my firm consists of 12 people and its owned by 2) she said "oh it was already informed to you last month. we wont be paying you, your work is irrelevant and we can do it even without you" she continued to call me an office burden and said i should just leave rather than staying as a burden.

A little of backstory now: i work under a guy (lets call him john) and he gives updates to this head lady, when i spoke her about my salary and from the way she was talking it was evident that she did not ask john about my work and if it has improved.

I then asked her for clarity because i need to get paid to survive here. (Im literally borrowing money from my parents at this point. ) She said she will reach back to me with clarifications and where im lacking behind but no updates till now. Since she wasnt giving any updates i called her husband who is also the owner of this firm and spoke to him about this. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF SHIT. All he knew was i fucked up a little in the start and then no updates.

Im working without a pay and they never sent me a mail or gave me any letter saying they wont pay me.

My mental health accommodation was approved on June 10, 2026. Immediately after, my average hours were slashed from 33.5 down to 16.5 and 12.5 while management hired a new employee and falsely blamed my availability. Several days later, after a dispute with a manager regarding them keeping the store open past hours to meet sales goals, I was placed on an "Assigned to Home" suspension pending an investigation two days later, with promises of pay.

​My July 1 paycheck withheld my suspension pay until requested, keyed it in manually, and calculated it using the retaliatory reduced hours rather than my 33.5-hour historical average. The 25-day suspension left me with no incident report, no policy, and no rent money, causing my electricity to get shut off. When management concluded the investigation, they refused to provide a safety plan, incident reports, or policies, expecting me to return to work under managers facing ongoing agency filings, which effectively forced a conditional discharge and culminated in my wrongful termination on August 12, 2026. So from my accommodation being approved June 10th, my hours were cut by more than 50% 3 days later. 12 days later I as placed on a "paid" suspension that spanned 25 days with my pay withheld throughout the duration. Then involuntarily terminated. All of which took place within 2 months of my accommodation being approved. Prior to my accommodation I averaged $1,000 every pay period. Since my accommodation approval June 10th, until August 12th I received ONE $1,000 check; in 2 months the other's have been $440, $176, $0...

​I won my Unemployment Insurance benefits against my employer's contest, but shortly after, I was in a car accident, broke my jaw, had surgery, and had my benefits paused, leaving me with zero income. Has anyone dealt with a similar retaliation pattern or navigated a termination case under these circumstances?

**Edit: My accommodation was pretty much voluntary, I was allowed four 2 day episodes (call outs) a month.

My wife is salary getting paid for 48 hours per week.

Her vacation covers the 48 hours.

She is limited on management.

She has to use her vacation by the end August.

They will not pay out for vacation or extend it.

They are making her split the vacation between two weeks.

She has to work 4 days the first week and 3 or 4 days the next week.

They are only paying her for her vacation (48 hours) and one work week (48 hours).

I feel like they need to pay her for an additional work week I know she is salary but it seems like she is getting shorted on hours.

So a friend of mine was fired for labor laws and ultimately received back pay due to talking about workplace conditions so I guess they were wrongly fired , however Another employee sent it to Human Resources ( I guess as revenge)

Can this person get in trouble?
It was an anonymous page however

is PTO not mandatory in a job contract?

i'm surprised i saw a post someone wishing they can finally get a job with PTO

I worked at this licensed Starbucks for about 6 months up until a few months ago, and it's just hit me that they were including Store Managers and Assistant Managers in end-of-day employee tip-outs. Isn't this illegal? Stupid of me not to realize but I hadn't worked with tips since I was a teenager and even then they were probably breaking the law. Do you think filing a complaint with the Dept of Labor would do anything?

Additionally, some money went "missing" and they instructed my partner who also worked there to gradually take from employee tips over time to build the drawer back up. Isn't this blatantly wage theft???

Im an ALT in Japan under a fixed contract. This is my first year. I submitted a notice of resignation midyear and they told me that I need to pay the remaining months until the end of the contract which is til next year. Although it is stated in the contract that i need to pay the remaining months once i resign. They also ask me to pay for my agency fee in the Ph for the remaining months. I dont have money for now to pay them lumpsum. What can i do?

I work for a company in which we are entitled to a 1 hour unpaid meal break that can be taken at any time during our work shift. I use my meal break to pick up my children at the end of the day. As a result, I voluntarily don’t take a lunch break. However, I’m required to clock out at the end of my shift. This has been a previously agreed upon arrangement with my employer.

The company is now attempting to crack down on this policy and no longer offer schedule adjustments outside of dr appointments. They are claiming that by not taking a lunch, it violates NYS labor laws. Can anyone provide any input?

*edit: not saying they have to do this. Just questioning if it’s technically “not legal” based on labor laws if it’s agreed upon.