# I just want my fucking paycheck! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 18, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251 "2013-06-18T04:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/41 "2013-06-27T00:49:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Until you/they burn that last bridge. Then you go apeshitcrazy. Exactly. Temp agencies never want you to contact clients directly because they want to keep control of the situation (and feel like they’re earning their money) - if they aren’t paying, all bets are off. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/42 "2013-06-27T03:08:39Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Any time I’ve signed an agreement with a temp agency, it is very clear that you are to never ever contact the client directly for any reason. Be careful that if you do contact the client, doing so won’t give the agency a legitimate legal reason to withhold earnings from you (I’m sure it wouldn’t, but just be sure). What legitimate reason can there be for withholding earnings? I can understand that if the employee violated a company policy that said employee is subject to termination. What I don’t get is how the company can refuse to pay money already earned. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/43 "2013-06-27T10:34:10Z")
There is no reason to withhold earnings. Refusing to pay wages earned, even to an employee terminated for cause, is called “theft of services”. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/44 "2013-06-27T16:38:11Z")
Maybe consider contacting a local news outlet that does those shaming segments. This sounds like it’d be right up their alley. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/45 "2013-06-28T23:40:47Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Any time I’ve signed an agreement with a temp agency, it is very clear that you are to never ever contact the client directly for any reason. Be careful that if you do contact the client, doing so won’t give the agency a legitimate legal reason to withhold earnings from you (I’m sure it wouldn’t, but just be sure). One thing the Onboarding process was very clear about was that I do not have a contract and employment is at will. I did end up contacting the client directly. I left a voicemail message for my supervisor asking if the client did fact pay the agency, then let them know that if they did the agency never passed that on to me. I also asked him to pass this message on to whoever’s in charge of deciding what agencies to use. Within 24 hrs I was contacted by the agency and the ACH transfer posted to my account this morning. I should probably contact the labor department to cancel my complaint (which technically I haven’t filed yet as it can take up to \*30 days \*for them to send the form I need to fill out to file the complaint to me). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/46 "2013-06-28T23:46:51Z")
I’m glad it worked out, but please still file the complaint. They need to have it on file who is pulling this kind of crap. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251/47 "2013-06-29T00:01:53Z")
Wow, Pennsylvania is still using actual forms? Indiana lets you do it all on-line and within a week I had a confirming e-mail along with an official claim number. Well - paying you should end it. If only resolving my unpaid wages had been that easy… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-my-fucking-paycheck/661251.md?page=2)