Recover unpaid overtime, final wages, and stolen tips

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Gather your employment and pay records
45 min
This step produces one folder — physical or digital — and a one-page inventory of what you have and what is missing. The inventory is the load-bearing part: it shows which weeks you can prove from records and which weeks you will have to prove some other way. Records live in five places, so collect first and sort after: the payroll portal and email for pay stubs and the W-2 or 1099; scheduling apps and screenshots for shifts; texts and messages about hours, pay, and tips; and bank statements, whose deposits and card timestamps become time evidence when the schedule is gone.
- Download or screenshot every pay stub for the whole period; save each as pay-YYYY-MM-DD
- Save the W-2 or 1099, the offer letter, and any handbook pages on pay, breaks, and tips
- Export or screenshot schedules, time cards, and clock-in/out history for the same weeks
- Search texts and email for “schedule”, “hours”, “pay”, “tip” and save the relevant threads
- Pull bank and card statements for the period — deposits confirm pay and tip amounts
- Write the one-page inventory: what you have, what is missing, and which weeks are covered

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