Posting this for my friend. He works at a Pizza shop and needs some help. He gets paid cash and has been not getting paid lately. He worked ...

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Posting this for my friend. He works at a Pizza shop and needs some help. He gets paid cash and has been not getting paid lately. He worked out a deal in verbal that the owner would pay him every 2 or 3 days and the owner would pay him 100$ that ended weeks ago and now the owner owes him close to 3,000. I told him to take the flat screen tv's in the place and not come back. I understand that is not a legal thing to do. What should my friend do? He can't leave because he can't find a job anywhere else. He is in a real bad position and he delivers pizza so he is just living off of the tips that he makes. Any advice would be appreciated.

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He should immediately report the matter to the Department of Labor. I would not advise taking the TV; his freedom is probably worth more than $3000.

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Specifically, he want to contact the Wage & Hour Division of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. An online complaint submission form can be found at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=553573&mode=2