Way off subject

Sounds like a lie to me. I would tell the wife to tell him to contact the Dept of Labors, Wage and Hour Division to settle the matter, because they would, that sounds illegal. I'm betting he is lying.

Leah,they cannot hold a check because of a lost W-2.Let's put this in perspective from my job. You are telling me I worked 175 hours in a two week period and I don't get paid because you lost my W-2! Can you say hello Labor board. If you want to verify my nattering go to your unemployment office and ask for copy of their laws that all employers are bound by.

Thanks thats what I thought :)

No no Cajun I already knew the answer I guess I just need to hear it from someone else..thanks

Leah, this person's husband has been feeding her a line of bs. She should kick him to the curb IMMEDIATELY. I have been there and done that-not fun or easy-I believed all the lies. It ruined me for many years.

Yeah he has got to go!

If I was the wife I would be on the phone, calling the so called place of employment, ask to speak with the husband or to speak with the payroll department saying you need to update his information. Guess that is why I am not married, too much deception in the institute of marriage. Being single, means MY MONEY, MY CAR, MY HOUSE and MY paycheck or no paycheck

Lord...I bet she wishes she hadn't gotten married. Bet she knows life was a lot easier single!

Yep I agree that is BS. If it were me I would BE at his so called place of employment and standing in that HR dept.asking questions. Maybe looking like a fool for a moment but he would NOT want to walk in the door after a so called day of work. maybe thats why my hubby works 2 full-time jobs lol he's scared ;)

I think what puddlejmpr said is an excellent idea! She should go to his work and find out what's up! Imagine what an idiot he will feel like when she is told that he never did work there, or that he only worked one day!!!! I hope she does the right thing and throws his sorry butt out for lying to her and using her the way that he has. I am sure she is a wonderful person that deserves way better and can do better on her own without him trying to bring her down!

I think as far as throwing him out, he is gone. Unfortunately for her, her gas and electric is going to get turned off on Monday because she was supposed to pay it tomorrow and made arrangements to do so and they refused to work with her any further...

does she happen to live in a Northern state where the temps. are still very cold...and, also if she has young children or any kind of illness....she may be able to avoid having her electric turned off. I know while I lived in maine they absolutely could not turn off your power if it might cause severe health problems or even death. Of course this may have changed by now.

As for the husband's story...certainly sounds fishy to me...but then again...I learned to be very cynical at a very young age!

I wish her the best....hard times ahead for her!

You are right moondanzer. And if she is in OH she can go to the nearest dept. of human services office (welfare) and request an application for PRC. It is a benefit that can be used to pay for utilities, rent, mortgage payments. I believe the lifetime benefit is $2,000. And the income requirements are not that difficult to meet. You can earn much higher per month than you can if applying for the other entitlements such as Medicaid or foodstamps. She just needs to go in and request application for PRC and must also have disconnect notices for the utilities before they help pay to prevent disconnection, also if she is facing eviction she would also need the eviction notice.

I hope that Leah's friend does that. It is good to know that there is help out there for those that need it.

she is gonna try but she has been turned downfor any other type of assistance.

Income qualifications for PRC are higher, where you would normally not qualify for other assistance there is a good chance you would qualify for this one, does she have any children. You can earn MUCH more and qualify for this program than the typical Medicaid or food stamps.

Nope no kids. and so far that has been the main reason she didn't qualify. She makes fairly good money and had this all not have happened she usually does well on her own. She just made a huge mistake! A very big huge fat mistake....Now she can't get caught up and she relied on the unreliable...

Does she gross more than $2,000/mo?

Oh yeah

With no dependants and making grossing more than that, she wouldn't qualify.

Yea she already knows this. That is why she is sh*t up a creek without a paddle...

Sorry to hear of that Leah. It sucks when things like this happen to good people. Wish I could suggest something else that would work for her.

Nothing else to do this late in the game. At least she has heat for the weekend. Thanks for all your input guys, it is really appreciated!

For those of you who were concerned...my friend was able to get a childhood friend who she has kept in contact with to help her with the gas and electric on the stipulation that she throw the husband out...that wasn't a problem since she had already done that so she will keep her heat on for at least a month now...Yippppeeee! Just wanted to keep you all updated...Thanks again for the advice!

Yay for your friend. Please tell her I am glad that she was able to get some assistance and I am glad that she got the bum out of the house!!! {{{hugs}}