Borders Long Beach CA closed on Thursday... and my daughter still doesn't have her final paycheck!

[JuniperLea]

Someone from the corporate office called to ask her how many hours she had worked in the past couple of weeks because they didn't have all the information. Then she was told her final check would be sent to her via FedEx.

CA labor law states that if you lay off or fire an employee, you must present them with their full earned and entitled pay on their last day before they leave. That didn't happen, so my daughter was glad someone from corporate called and left her a message on her cell phone.

She tried calling them again today and was told they have no information for her.

What kind of bogus bullshit is this? They just paid their fucking mucky mucks mass bonuses, but they can't give a laid off employee her last paycheck in the legally allotted time?

I hate them. PUTOS!

[Mimosa]

1. The down side of the computer revolution is killing bookstores, libraries.

Sorry for your daughter, JuniperLea.I hope she gets another job, a good one, soon.

There are times when I've wished the personal computer had never happened. I predicted the bad things which would happen. :(

[JuniperLea]

2. Thanks Mimosa

I'll always want books. I can't seem to let go of them once I get them either. It's all about the balance. The personal computer and the InterTubes have been good and bad. I wish we could see the bad coming sooner though.

These sickos are keeping my daughter's hard earned money illegally... that's insult to injury.

[Drale]

3. We were promised a bunch of stuff when Hollywood video closed

Don't hold your breath though, we still haven't received any of the promised "bonuses". There is a class-action lawsuit right now I believe but I'm not expecting anything to come from it.

[JuniperLea]

7. That's my fear, Drale...

That the check won't come and she will be put into the class-action gris mill... ugh. This is her regular hourly pay... if they don't pay her, she just worked the past two weeks for free, and then fretted for another whole week.

[Autumn Colors]

4. Not that this helps at all, but...

My boyfriend is a FedEx courier and he's been delivering severance packages to Borders employees in the last week or so (& it's so depressing on his end to have to deliver them). I don't know about CA labor laws, but I just wanted to let you know that people are getting their money via FedEx (we're on the East Coast).

[JuniperLea]

5. Thanks for this, Autumn Colors...

I keep hoping there's just a mix-up and they will do the right thing. Your post gives me hope, and I thank you for that.

They could have kept a lot of stores open and a lot of people employed with all that bonus money they gave to the people who screwed things up. That angers me, but the delay in getting a paycheck is just mean.

I know my daughter will be kind to the FedEx courier... she's very sweet... too sweet. I can't even get her to kick a fuss about this, and she's the one out nearly $500. Legally, they have to pay her for every day they don't pay her after last Thursday when her check was due her. I want her to kick a fuss until they do the right thing and get paid for this past week of fretting over the missing check.

Can you imagine a child of mine not wanting to kick up a fuss? LOL!

[Autumn Colors]

11. Not sure when the stores here closed

It may just be that the stores here were closed before that one. I think these stores closed awhile back, so maybe not a mix up, but just taking them time after each set of stores is closed.

[slackmaster]

6. Sue the corporation for back pay plus damages

It will be a slam-dunk.

[JuniperLea]

8. I bet that would be very costly...

And the lawyer would end up with more than she would. But it would be worth checking into anyway. Thanks.

[slackmaster]

9. You may be able to find a lawyer to do it pro bono

Or a stoner lawyer to do it pro bong-o.

[JuniperLea]

10. :)

Worth a try! Maybe s/he'll work for bong hits!

[Autumn Colors]

12. Ah... I just found this

An article from Feb. 16th that talks about the Connecticut Borders stores closing (and one of them is near my boyfriend's route territory) and says they would start closing THAT week. The closings may have been gradual, but these severance packages were being delivered in early/mid April.

http://articles.courant.com/2011-02-16/business/hc-borders-connecticut-closing-stores20110216_1_borders-group-borders-rewards-programs-stores

[JuniperLea]

13. Thanks for this! eom