Wow, my hours were cut to 4 hours this weekend!!! I will look at day labor agencies. If I flag for 20 hours per week, two weeks will cover my bills. Damn, when life sucks work more.

I work in NY. My company has a set return policy of 10 days and our commissions pay out a month after the sale to cover the return time. If I have made a sale months ago and the home office decides that they are granting a return exemption for the customer, Can they legally take back my commission so long after I met the requirements for it?

I worked at Cooper for about 6 yrs. I thought it was a good place to work, but my experience is they are basically making me choose between my child and my job. They treat there employees like they are robots. What I mean is working them 6-7 days a week some 10 hours a day and some 12 hours a day. In my opinion, they don't care whether you have a family, your family is Cooper and to them that is your life. They say they are about safety. I laugh at that cause, they don't care if someone is hurt from a job, what I mean is, rotation is what they are suppose to do, but don't same thing day in and out. And that's where the injuries happen and working with no rest. Some individuals haven't had a day off since the new year. To me Cooper don't care one bit about people, just money. I understand they are out to make money, but without their employees, they treat like crap, there would be no money to make. I would never recommend Cooper standard automotive to anyone looking. Yes, the money is good, but not ever choosing over your family.

I enjoyed every part of my job. From Medicare billing to sending out statements and collecting money.

I have a unique talent in the glass and glazing industry, but it seems like know one is interested in me. I have filled out 20 applications and have 15 search engines goin on. Still I find myself looking at the same ads that are listed in all searches. I've even tried to go off on my own but my wife had racked up my credit cards on me, for a total of 23k. Now I find myself between a rock and a hard place. I cant even secure a loan to start my own company. Dreams smashed again!!!! Well back to the drawing board.

The prior job that I quit is still screwing me. I started this job and they talked me into signing a salaried job offer sheet, they said that there would be downtime and that a salary would even out the pay so you would be paid even when there was no work. Well it turned out that in the twelve weeks I worked there I had 10-20 hours more then 40 every week with one or two weekend days as well. The job also involved travel with a thirty dollar a day expense reimbursement as well as reimbursement of parts and tools need on the job. My total expense for this time period were $4,765.88 the total they paid me $5,795.38 (no pay stubs this information is from receipts and bank records). In addition they with held my last paycheck (supposedly until I returned the tools I was reimbursed for in reality I have never been paid but I do have the receipt from where I sent the tools back). According to FSLA installers do not qualify as a salaried position. The final straw for me was when they kept calling at 10-12 PM to tell me I had a flight at 6 AM (Sorry I have to sleep). Today I finally received the W-2 for this company and it is short, it should have been $7,788.42 plus the reimbursements but was $7118.91 of which I was never paid the last check which should have been $1,442.30 minus taxes plus reimbursement (which no reimbursement for the tools is fine I still have those tools because they hadn't reimbursed them yet) but the reimbursement for the travel expenses isn't.

I have talked to a lawyer and he said it wasn't enough money. I called the Labor Board for New Jersey and reported them for with holding a paycheck and improper classification as a salaried worker and have never heard back from them. What are my options? Suck it up buttercup? Just for what they legally owe me is more then $1000 dollars

I’m 62, recently divorced. I haven’t worked in 30 years but went back to school and now have a full time job but it doesn’t pay enough to cover my expenses. I’ve cut my expenses to the point there is nothing left to cut. My legal fees are enormous because of the divorce. I need to find a way to make more money but I can’t physically work 7 days a week. Need some ideas of how I can make another 300-400/month. Hard to find another job that will start at 5:30Pm and will hire someone my age.

Why here in florida most of the employers looooove the 1099....i dont like it...I like my W2.. I thibk people accept most the 1099 cause they thinking on NOW not on the future.

Found this online, copying it over to Jobcase because I think some people here would find it useful. Things to keep in mind for tax filing season.

1. You have to file federal taxes if you make enough money that you have tax liability, which is generally over about $12,200 gross for regular employment, and only $400 if you are self-employed. You want to file even if made less than this much in order to get back any taxes you had withheld.

2. Even if you are a dependent on your parents' tax return, you still file your own taxes (or not, if you don't need to); you never file "on your parents' return." The only time more than one person can be on the same return is a married couple filing jointly.

3. If your state has income taxes, which over forty states do, then you also file with them. Those are two different processes that are largely duplicative, but slightly different rules. If you lived or worked in more than one state during the year, you might have to file in more than one state. Some people also have local taxes, how fun is that?

4. You never have to pay a fee to file taxes. Most people can file taxes online for free with various web sites if they want to do that, see e.g. the IRS free file program website and other free services, but you can always just file on paper, too. (You laugh, but that's how I do my state taxes.)

5. Even though you can file your taxes now, be sure you have all the documentation for all your income before you file. You don't want to have to go back and amend your return because you forgot about that other W2 you had months ago, or you forget to include your bank interest or brokerage tax information.

6. You are supposed to report all your compensation income, even if it was just some part-time gig somewhere, or you got paid under the table. Gifts, loans and most scholarships are not taxable income.

7. The money you get back is a refund of any excess taxes withheld. (Sometimes there are also refundable credits that increase your refund.) That was money you earned but didn't get yet. Getting a big refund means you didn't get a lot of money yet, generally speaking. You may want to adjust your withholding if you want to get your money sooner but that's up to you.

8. If you didn't have enough taxes withheld, you need to pay the balance due by April 15th. You can get a payment plan if you need to. If this describes you, then you absolutely need to file because you can accrue significant penalties for not filing and not paying. You should also make sure you have enough withheld going forward.

9. If you are married, filing jointly will probably save you money vs. filing separately, unless you have a special situation such as income-based student loans. Try computing both ways to see which is better for you. If you are not married, then getting married probably won't change your taxes very much for better or worse unless you have really disparate incomes (and it will help then.)

10. Ignore any purported "refund" values shown by a tax program / calculator while you enter parts of your income. You may see a big refund for your W2 that goes away following your spouse's W2, or your second W2. That's an artifact of how the calculation works, and doesn't mean anybody did anything wrong regarding withholdings. Wait to see the final numbers.

Credit to yes_its_him on reddit for this.

Employers are required to distribute 2019 W2s by January 31, 2020. If you haven't gotten yours yet some employers let you access it online through a paycheck provider, and make sure to check that you have the right address on file if you've moved since sometimes they're sent to the wrong place.

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