How can I get money owed to me from a personal business?

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How can I get money owed to me from a personal business?

It’s been a month now and I still haven’t been paid for the hours that I worked. I was fired, well let go, and my boss won’t pay me the amount I’m due. He tells me that he doesn’t have it but that when he does get money I will get what I’m owed, over $3000. I think that he is trying to get over on me. It was under the table pay but I have witnesses who can say I was there and did the job so he can’t say I disnn’t work for him and get me that way

Asked on October 2, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Nevada

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 4 years ago | Contributor

You sue: that's how you get money from someone who owes you and will not pay. If you worked for an LLC or corporation, you sue the business; if the employer was not an LLC or corporation but a sole proprietorship (just a person, the boss, "d/b/a" as a business) you sue the owner personally. To win, you just have to convince the court by a "preponderance of the evidence" (that it is "more likely than not") that you are owed the money for your work, and you can do that with your and other witnesses' testimony. For $3,000, you are best off suing in small claims court on a "pro se" basis, or as your own attorney.


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