W2s and Not Getting Paid After Fired

[Iren]

This involves the state of: Oregon

I've a quick question if someone might be able to answer it. A search on google didn't really turn up anything. I worked for one day for a company and was fired the first day, the reasons they gave me were basically a) a coworker didn't like me and b) they thought I had "negative vibes." They had me fill out a W2 and give them my bank account number and everything for payroll, saying I'd be paid every Friday. I was fired on Tuesday. Well, I didn't get paid and as I understand they are legally obligated to b/c I filled out the forms. I plan on going in on Monday to ask what is up in person, but I'd like to know a few things:

1. how long is a company required to keep w2 forms and such on record before they may shred them?

2. what about incomplete w2 forms? do they still have to keep those? I didn't have my routing number so I didn't put it down right away, but did give it to one of the bosses later when I had it.

3. If there is no specific time frame then what do I do if they have already shredded them come monday?

Thanks in advance...

[llworking]

This involves the state of: Oregon

I've a quick question if someone might be able to answer it. A search on google didn't really turn up anything. I worked for one day for a company and was fired the first day, the reasons they gave me were basically a) a coworker didn't like me and b) they thought I had "negative vibes." They had me fill out a W2 and give them my bank account number and everything for payroll, saying I'd be paid every Friday. I was fired on Tuesday. Well, I didn't get paid and as I understand they are legally obligated to b/c I filled out the forms. I plan on going in on Monday to ask what is up in person, but I'd like to know a few things:

1. how long is a company required to keep w2 forms and such on record before they may shred them?

2. what about incomplete w2 forms? do they still have to keep those? I didn't have my routing number so I didn't put it down right away, but did give it to one of the bosses later when I had it.

3. If there is no specific time frame then what do I do if they have already shredded them come monday?

Thanks in advance...

You didn't fill out a W2 form, you filled out a W4 form. Were you to be paid hourly or to be salaried? You stated that you were fired on the first day...how far into that day were you when they fired you?

In additional, most company's payrolls are delayed at least one week. Therefore if you worked one day in week 1, you generally would not get a paycheck until at least the Friday of week 2.

[Iren]

Okay my bad, W-something, I thought it was w2. What is the difference anyways? All I know is that I filled out something and that it was long and annoying. I was being paid hourly and I was fired at the end of the day. They tried to pull me off the floor early but I refused and said that my shift was until 6pm and that I would be finishing it. Additionally the day before I had 3 hours of paid training, for a total of 10 hours.

So should I just wait until next Friday and see what happens, even though they did say that we all would have our paycheck by Friday (yesterday)?

[525601minutes]

A W2 is used by an employer to let the IRS and employee know how much they were paid and what taxes were taken out during the year and paid to the government on their behalf.

A W4 is filled out by the employee and provided to the employer so they can take out taxes based on the employees filing status and number of dependents they are claiming - for example "Married and 3" or "Single and 0" or even exempt.

There is no area on either form to indicate how/when the employee should be paid. You do not provide direct deposit information such as bank account information or routing number either.

According to http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/WHD/docs/...nglish2009.pdf
"When an employee is fired, all wages earned by that person
are due no later than the end of the first business day after
discharge"

BTW you said "They tried to pull me off the floor early but I refused and said that my shift was until 6pm and that I would be finishing it."
You are lucky you were not arrested for trespassing.

[Iren]

Oh I see. Thanks for clarifying that 525601minutes (hehe a years worth of minutes ).

In that case I will be going in on Monday to make sure that everything is okay.

Anyway they did have me fill out a paper giving my bank account and routing number for payroll or something, I guess that was direct deposit? That's a new one for me I'm used to having my pay check mailed.

BTW you said "They tried to pull me off the floor early but I refused and said that my shift was until 6pm and that I would be finishing it."
You are lucky you were not arrested for trespassing.

Haha, indeed. That would've really been the coup de grace of a bad day. x.x