All the sudden being paid in cash and other funny business

[Jadenar]

In the last year, my husband's employer (the sole owner of a small semi truck repair facility) has done the following:

1. Reduced my husband's hourly wage by $4.00 an hour, without any prior discussion.

2. Cut his vacation time in half. (now 2.5 days instead of a week, per year)

3. Cut his holiday pay in half. (the few holidays he gets paid for are now only paid 4 hours for the whole day instead of 8)

4. Let our Medical Insurance lapse but continued to take money out of my husband's check till we found out and called them on it. They never repaid back any of the money they took (about 3 months)

and the last one which has really got us worried.....

5. My husband has worked there for over 6 years and always got paid by direct deposit by a payroll company. A few months ago, they stopped the direct deposit, and started giving him a check each pay day.
About 6 weeks ago, they started paying my husband, and all the other workers (of which there are about 7 employees) in cash. The first 4 weeks, they just gave him a bank envelope of cash on pay day. Two weeks ago, after our insistance, they gave us a receipt and cash. Today, they gave my husband a company check, made him sign it, and then they took it to the bank and cashed it and brought him back the cash.

Now...what I want to know is....is all that they have done legal in the state of Michigan ? Does anyone have any idea what they are up to with this paying the employees in cash thing ? We are worried to death that they are pulling some kind of scam to get out of paying taxes, or something worse......something illegal that we could also get in trouble for. When my husband questions his boss, he either he either blows him off or tells him that he will run his business any way he pleases.

I have thought about taking this to the NLRB or something....but jobs are almost impossible to find in the Detroit area, my husband is a Master Mechanic and he has been looking for another job for 6 months and cannot find one. We simply cannot afford for him to get fired.

Can anyone please help me ? I just don't know what to do, at this point.

Thank you so much for your consideration

Jade

[cinhugbit]

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[dondi05]

I accept with information:
3.*If an employee brings a case against them, employers need to be assured that their employment law solicitor will be able to handle the case with the professionalism and confidentiality expected and required.

4.*Find out how much experience the solicitor you are considering using has had.* Have they dealt with similar cases, and what was the outcome?* If they haven't got a good track record, are they the right solicitor for you?

5.*A solicitor that specialises in employment law may be a better bet than a solicitor that normally deals with family law cases or property conveyancing.

6.*Friends and other colleagues may be able to assist you when you are choosing an employment law solicitor.* Perhaps they have had a good or bad experience with the solicitor you are considering.

7.*Employment law solicitors aren't just used for disputes. You'll need documentation such as staff handbooks and company policies, so you will want to make sure that they are legal.* Having an experienced employment solicitor look at them will ensure that they are legal.

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