I worked for a small business from June 09 to Oct 09.
I never filled out a W4 while working there. Also, my checks never came with a stub.
I always just got a check written out from their personal account. I know from the amounts of
the checks that deductions were being taken out. At the time I trusted them and didn’t do anything about it.
The business was obviously shoddily run and I had a lot of problems with them. I should have amended that situation earlier, but I didn’t even want to deal with them anymore at the time.
I know it’s still early, but I haven’t gotten a W2 yet and cannot get in touch with anyone from the business to request one.
What can I do if I don’t get a W2 form from them?
Can I still file if I don’t have pay stubs? I have no idea exactly what they took out for taxes.
My checks were always what I expected them to be after taxes, SS, etc were taken out as compared to other jobs where I made the same hourly wage.

I was definitely on their payroll during this time and legally should get a W2. I know this because I filed an unemployment claim. The employer appealed, but an UE judge ruled in my favor and I qualified. I am sure that decision didn’t make the employer very happy, but they still have to give me a W2.
Maybe it will still come before the 15th.

I didn’t know until I looked on the MN Dept. of Labor website today that legally they had to issue a paystub at the end of every pay period.
I could go on and on about the things that go on in that place.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A state labor agency has fined a Postville kosher slaughterhouse nearly million for alleged wage violations, the largest such fine against a company in state history.
Since advocates and La Raza claim the illegals do not know it is wrong to buy or use stolen documents ?
Labor Commissioner Dave Neil assessed the civil penalties against Agriprocessors for what he called repeated violations of Iowa’s wage laws from January 2006 to June 2008.

"Once again, Agriprocessors has demonstrated a complete disregard for Iowa law," Neil said in a written statement. "This continued course of violations is a black mark on Iowa’s business community."

Iowa Workforce Development, the state’s labor agency, spent months before and after a massive May 12 immigration raid examining internal company documents, said agency spokeswoman Kerry Koonce. Documents included time sheets, payroll and wage stubs, she said.

The penalties include 9,700 for the alleged illegal deduction of "sales tax/miscellaneous" costs nearly 3,400 times; .6 million for illegally deducting money from 2,001 employees for protective clothing more than 96,000 times; and failing to pay 42 employees their last paychecks on May 16 and May 23, following the immigration raid.

The civil penalties totaled .99 million.

An Agriprocessors spokesman didn’t immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. The company has 30 days to contest the proposed fines.

The fines are the latest trouble for Agriprocessors since the May raid in which 389 people were arrested.

In August, Iowa Workforce Development also fined Agriprocessors 1,000 for alleged safety violations. At the time, that was the second-largest of the year — behind another Agriprocessors citation in March for 2,000.

"It seems to be a trend with Agriprocessors," Koonce said.

In September, the owner and managers of the plant were charged with 9,311 misdemeanors alleging they illegally hired minors and let children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment. The complaint filed by the Iowa attorney general’s office said the violations involved 32 illegal-immigrant children younger than 18, including seven who were not yet 16.

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