What to do if I’m a live-in housekeeper at a motel and my boss just fired me and says that I have to be out by morning or she is taking my last paycheck as rent?

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What to do if I’m a live-in housekeeper at a motel and my boss just fired me and says that I have to be out by morning or she is taking my last paycheck as rent?

Isn’t she supposed give a 2 week or 30 day vacate? Also, she gave the manager my pay in cash and told them tht they aren’t allowed to give it to me until we move out or take the rent out. Is it legal to not issue a check to me on my pay day?

Asked on December 2, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Washington

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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

If you have been terminated you are required to be given your full pay on your last day of work by your former employer. As to having to vacate where you are living, your former boss and landlord is required under the laws of all states in this country to give you a thirty (30) day notice to vacate.


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