Wage Theft is a Bigger Problem Than Other Forms of Theft (2014)
This doesn't just happen for low-wage jobs.I joined a dev team on March 8th.By March 21st, I learned that nobody has been paid in 2 months.Around that same day, the CEO went to jail for writing bad checks.All other employees quit that same day.I stayed on after CEO got out-- hoping the client who has been supposed to pay would pay. I was also offered 20k raise + moved to President of Software Development. I was hoping I could temper the CEO's risk factors and keep the business going and maybe get a paycheck, and help get the people who quit paid as well for their previous work.I worked feverishly 100+hours per week to deliver updates... (keeping some of the IP on my own box --it only modified data, I'd run it locally then just export the data to mysql.)I've still not been paid, I've filed wage claims, and still nothing.I've since told the CEO and client, until I get paid nothing else happens.Has any other developer experienced anything like this? It's so frustrating especially since I'm about to be homeless as a result... I'm owed like nearly 20k in back pay.