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Apparently the company hired people before they ever got their budgets approved. and for good fun they merged with another company mid way through. the end result is that they can't pay me, and my timesheets have been pending for 3 weeks now. luckily i have a second backup job i start monday buy still. and i've heard of some contractors in this company not even getting paid for months out because the manager uses it as an extortion weapon, or because of supreme incompetence. luckily, i have other interviews in line

Apparently the company hired people before they ever got their budgets approved. and for good fun they merged with another company mid way through. the end result is that they can't pay me, and my timesheets have been pending for 3 weeks now. luckily i have a second backup job i start monday buy still. and i've heard of some contractors in this company not even getting paid for months out because the manager uses it as an extortion weapon, or because of supreme incompetence. luckily, i have other interviews in line

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Check your state laws. In California an employer has to pay you within ten days of the end of the pay period. They owe you a full day's wages for every day they're late, which you can collect in small claims. If they pay you with a check that bounces they owe you that PLUS triple the amount of the check.

If you're a contractor and not an employee, things are different. The governing law is whatever your contract with them calls for. If they fail to honor the contract you can take legal action for breech. If you work for a company that has the contract, the company still has to pay you. Not getting paid by the client is not an excuse. In that case you would sue your employer, not the client.