lost pay

[123tommy]

my 16 year daughter worked at pizza joint which has now out of business.
she is owed approx 550 dollars for wages.
what recourse do I have?

 

[cbg]

YOU have no recourse at all. Your daughter, however, can (with your assistance if required, but it needs to be she that does it) file a wage claim with the state.

 

[army judge]

my 16 year daughter worked at pizza joint which has now out of business.
she is owed approx 550 dollars for wages.
what recourse do I have?

This sounds like bankruptcy has been filed, or will be filed by the business.
In some cases, the owner just disappears.
In any case, you have two options: Check to see if a BK has been filed and then have your daughter file a demand letter for her wages with the employer.
Details and instructions follow, so please read on!!!

You can contact the nearest U.S. bankruptcy court clerk's office in Duluth, Fergus Falls, Minneapolis or St. Paul.
If the employer has filed bankruptcy, the bankruptcy court clerk's office will give you the name of the attorney handling the case, so that you can contact them and list your daughter's name as a creditor, and you as her legal voice, her parent.
As a minor, no court recognizes legal incompetents, but you (as her parent) are empowered to act on her behalf.
You may contact the clerk of the bankruptcy court to file a preferred wage claim if there are concerns that sufficient funds will not be available to cover your child's wages as a creditor. Major stockholders, owners and officers of a bankrupt business may be personally liable.

Bankruptcy court clerk's offices:

Duluth -- (218) 529-3600;
Fergus Falls -- (218) 739-4671;
Minneapolis -- (612) 664-5200; and
St. Paul -- (651) 848-1000.

A little information on child labor laws:

http://www.dli.mn.gov/ls/Pdf/childlbr.pdf


More wage and hour information:

http://www.dli.mn.gov/LS/Pdf/wage_claim.pdf

WAGES DUE UPON SEPARATION
If an employee is terminated, discharged or fired, all wages and commissions owed at that time
are due upon separation or within 24 hours of the employee's demand for the wages.
If an employee leaves employment voluntarily (quits), all wages and commissions owed at
the time of separation are due on the next regularly scheduled payday. If the next payday
following the employee's last day of work is within five days of the employee's last day of
work, then the employer will have until the pay period after that to issue all final wages.
However, under no circumstances can the wages be paid any later than 20 days from the
employee's last day of work.
Employees who have not received their final wages within the required time period should demand
their wages from their former employer in writing.
–
learn how at: www.dli.mn.gov/LS/FinalWages.asp


Your daughter can attempt to seek her wages by having you contact this state agency: