Depending on state laws, employers can require their employees to receive payments via direct deposit. In some states, receiving direct deposits can even be included as a condition of employment. However, even these states have some restrictions you need to know.
The law says you are protected when you: Speak up about wages that are owed to you • Report an injury or a health and safety hazard • File a claim or complaint with a state agency • Join together with other workers to ask for changes.
As a salaried exempt employee, you must make at least double the yearly amount that a minimum wage hourly worker would make working a 40-hour work week each week. Beginning in 2023, California established that the minimum wage in the state is $15.50 an hour; however, depending on where you're located, it might be more.
Specifically, under the DOL's 2024 Rule, the minimum salary for exempt employee status increased from $684/week to $844.00/week effective July 1, 2024, and was set to increase to $1,128.00/week effective on Jan. 1, 2025. The Rule also provided for automatic increases every three years. In an Opinion issued on Nov.
Standard ways... talk to them, send them a letter, contact any labor relations office in your city/state, or take them to small claims court. Document as much as you can -- emails, text messages, from them or other staff. In general, I wouldn't worry about income taxes.
Because Texas is an “employment at-will” state, an employer can fire an employee at any time for any lawful reason. Any lawful reason for termination may include a bad reason or no reason at all.