[headborg]

Originally Posted by TimberWolf

Hey Big Jeep,
Colorado Labor law concerning your last check is like this.
If you are fired the company must pay you within 24 hours of your firing time.
If you quit the company must pay you on the next scheduled pay day for all employees. This I know as fact due to all my time as an Executive Chef in Denver, Evergreen and Winter Park areas. (unless the laws have been overturned in the last 10 years and I doubt they have been)
I would assume since you are based out of Colorado the company is going to abide by Colorado's labor laws and not the ones in Michigan, not sure about that but most likely somewhere on your hiring paperwork it may tell you this info?

As far as last minute deductions, make sure you did not sign some small print paper at the time of hiring allowing them to withold deductions for any specfic reason. A lot of companies do this while you are siging up for employment and unfortunaltly a lot of employess just hap-hazardly sign all paperwork without reading it completley, thus getting screwed at some point down the road in a perfectly leagal fashion.


Timberwolf

But the thing is-- many of these one page "authorizations" to withhold-- that is placed before you to sign during the "orientation" process- are actually illegal in nature- especially since you're not free to NOT sign them- it's call "duress" -- one great way to get sent home from "orientation" is to request/demand a copy of these documents--- by law, any form you sign with you signature- you are entitled to a copy. But, as these "authorizations" are usually "illegal"-- you'll probably be sent home-- if you make a request like that.

It's all part of the "scare" them silly-- into behaving --process.

[GMAN]

Most carriers are going to abide by the laws in their home state. It is up to the employee to read any contract before signing. If you don't agree with the terms of the contract then you are free to either make necessary changes, sign as written or walk away. If the company states that the contract are a condition of employment it isn't duress. It is a condition of employment. You are technically not an employee until you sign the documents. Now, after you are employed it could be considered duress if your company requires you to sign a contract or amendment to a contract, depending on the circumstances.