WAGE & SALARY DISPUTES

When your employer does not pay you what you are owed — whether through unpaid wages, withheld commissions, illegal deductions, denied overtime, or a missing final paycheck — you have the right to take legal action to recover every dollar. Wage theft costs American workers billions of dollars every year and affects workers at every level, from hourly employees to salaried professionals. At Klie Law Offices, our employment law attorneys help workers throughout West Virginia and Ohio recover the wages they have earned and hold employers accountable for unlawful pay practices.

We handle wage disputes from our offices in Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Parkersburg, and Canton, Ohio.

West Virginia’s Wage Payment and Collection Act is the primary state statute governing wage disputes. The Act requires employers to pay all wages due on regular paydays and at termination, prohibits unauthorized deductions from wages, and provides strong remedies for violations. Employees who prevail under the Act may recover the full amount of unpaid wages, liquidated damages (which can equal the amount of unpaid wages, effectively doubling the recovery), reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, and interest on unpaid amounts.

The Act also prohibits retaliation against employees who file wage complaints or participate in wage investigations. Combined with West Virginia’s broad public policy exception to at-will employment, workers in the state have strong protections when asserting their right to be paid.