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Unpaid hours, missing overtime, a final paycheck that never came — answer 8 quick questions and get a professional wage demand, a firm follow-up citing federal and state wage law, and a final demand backed by the free government complaint that employers genuinely fear. Ready in 2 minutes.

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Letter 1The professional wage demand — clear, documented, calm.
Letter 2The firm follow-up citing the law and the retaliation ban.
Letter 3The final demand — with the free DOL/state complaint path.

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Letter 1 — The Wage Demand

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Letter 1 fixes payroll mistakes. Letters 2 and 3 fix employers who were hoping you'd let it go.

  • Letter 2: firm follow-up citing federal/state wage law + the retaliation ban
  • Letter 3: final demand with the free government complaint path
  • The DOL Wage & Hour complaint playbook — free, confidential, retaliation-protected
  • Your damages explained: back pay, double damages in court, deadlines
  • The hour-and-pay evidence log that wins wage cases
  • Final-paycheck rules and the state-agency fast lane
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Letter 2 — The Firm Follow-Up

Send ~10 days after Letter 1

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Letter 3 — The Final Demand

Send ~21 days after Letter 1, by certified mail

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How to collect unpaid wages from an employer

Wage theft — unpaid hours, missing overtime, vanished final paychecks — costs American workers billions every year, and it works because most people never send a single written demand. You have more leverage than you think: federal law, state law, a free government enforcement agency, and a ban on retaliation for using any of them. The sequence:

  1. The professional demand (Day 1). Specific hours, dates, and amounts, in writing. Genuine payroll errors get fixed here — and if they don't, you've started the record.
  2. The firm follow-up (Day ~10). Now you cite the Fair Labor Standards Act and your state's wage payment law, note that retaliation for asserting wage rights is illegal, and set a deadline.
  3. The final demand (Day ~21). Certified mail, ten business days, and notice of exactly what's next: a free, confidential complaint to the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division or your state labor agency — plus court, where wage laws provide for back pay, up to double damages, and attorney fees.

Can they fire me for asking?

Retaliation for asserting wage rights or filing a wage complaint is illegal under federal law, and complaints to the DOL are confidential — your name is not disclosed. That doesn't make retaliation impossible, but it makes it expensive for them, and the letters put the protection on the record.

What if I was a contractor, not an employee?

Genuine independent contractors aren't covered by federal wage law — unpaid invoices are a contract matter (our Get Paid Letters kit is built for exactly that). But if you were a contractor in name only — they set your hours, supplied the tools, controlled the work — you may have been misclassified, and you can still file with the DOL, which looks at the reality of the relationship, not the label.

Deadlines are real: the federal statute of limitations for wage claims is generally 2 years (3 for willful violations), and it runs paycheck by paycheck. Every month you wait, the oldest unpaid week ages out. Start now.

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Wage Claim Letters provides self-help document templates and general information, not legal advice, and is not a law firm or a substitute for an attorney. Wage laws, final-paycheck deadlines, and damages vary by state and situation and change over time — verify current rules with the U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov) and your state labor agency.