saywhaaat?
New member
Norfolk, Virginia
I have been having lost and severely delayed paychecks recur for 8 months straight in one location not 5 miles from my employer (I work remotely, have medical issues, don't have a car). I have moved in February of 2018 and now in November of 2018 the same thing has happened and I am worried. My employer forces me to pay the stop payment fee which is $30 or so from each check that needs to be replaced. I am no fool and am not imagining things, it is only my paychecks that are consistently missing. Bills and requested information arrives in a timely manner. Yet my checks are the only mail that is always missing or delayed and every call, email or letter to the USPS or postmaster is a waste of time. They tell me to sign up for direct deposit at work which is NOT offered and to spend as much as $9 or $10 to pay for a service like priority mail for EACH of my weekly checks.
With more remote workers whether part or full time, lost and delayed paychecks simply should not be yet this issue seems to be intentional because I must reitierate it is clearly only my paychecks that are ever lost or delayed. My bills, catalogs with specified delivery dates, requested correspondence, etc. are ALWAYS on time and NEVER delayed or lost. Why is it that my paycheck keeps getting lost or delayed but not any other regular mail? Why is it there is no solution that doesn't cost lower paid workers roughly $40 just to get their paychecks? Even signing up for the informed mail service it is clear to me that my paychecks are for some reason being toyed with, as in my paychecks are not being scanned and magically appear in the mailbox...until they don't. During those horrific 8 months where my checks were never on time, usually delayed for two weeks without apology or explanation by the USPS (as shown by their own date stamp on the letter), they put me in ever constant jeopardy of not being able to pay my bills or save money and stick to my own financial plans.
Can the USPS be held accountable financially for losing my paychecks?
I have been having lost and severely delayed paychecks recur for 8 months straight in one location not 5 miles from my employer (I work remotely, have medical issues, don't have a car). I have moved in February of 2018 and now in November of 2018 the same thing has happened and I am worried. My employer forces me to pay the stop payment fee which is $30 or so from each check that needs to be replaced. I am no fool and am not imagining things, it is only my paychecks that are consistently missing. Bills and requested information arrives in a timely manner. Yet my checks are the only mail that is always missing or delayed and every call, email or letter to the USPS or postmaster is a waste of time. They tell me to sign up for direct deposit at work which is NOT offered and to spend as much as $9 or $10 to pay for a service like priority mail for EACH of my weekly checks.
With more remote workers whether part or full time, lost and delayed paychecks simply should not be yet this issue seems to be intentional because I must reitierate it is clearly only my paychecks that are ever lost or delayed. My bills, catalogs with specified delivery dates, requested correspondence, etc. are ALWAYS on time and NEVER delayed or lost. Why is it that my paycheck keeps getting lost or delayed but not any other regular mail? Why is it there is no solution that doesn't cost lower paid workers roughly $40 just to get their paychecks? Even signing up for the informed mail service it is clear to me that my paychecks are for some reason being toyed with, as in my paychecks are not being scanned and magically appear in the mailbox...until they don't. During those horrific 8 months where my checks were never on time, usually delayed for two weeks without apology or explanation by the USPS (as shown by their own date stamp on the letter), they put me in ever constant jeopardy of not being able to pay my bills or save money and stick to my own financial plans.
Can the USPS be held accountable financially for losing my paychecks?
