I'm wondering if any of you guys can help me. I'm assuming many of you probably can because all of us has had to wait WAY too long for a paycheck at one time or another.
I did a day of steadicam on a show in the middle of November. I worked on this show for quite a while as an operator, but I only did one day of steadicam. Well, I still haven't been paid for my rental. They gave me a bunch of crap about the accountant being on vacation, and then when she was "back" from vacation (about a month later) they told me that the invoice had been lost and that I needed to re-invoice and that she would cut a check as soon as she received it. Of course I sent another invoice that day (late December) but I still haven't been paid. I've heard that after 30 days you can legally charge them interest, but I don't know what the percentage is and haven't been able to check into it during business hours since I'm working 6 day weeks right now. So, does anyone have any insight about this? Or, if not, does anyone know where I should call to get the info? I'm in L.A. and I'm guessing that it's some labor dept. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's just a one day rental (I got paid for labor through payroll), so calling a lawyer is probably overkill if I want to keep any of the money. I've called and called and it's become apparent that I need to take further action.
Thanks