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What is the name of your state? Iowa and Missouri
I apologize if that sounds mis-leading, but this is a bit of an odd circumstance. I was employed by a company in Missouri, fulltime, but worked out of my house in Iowa. My territory was the entire United States.
I was recently terminated. I do not have issue with the reasoning. My problem lies in the fact that I have unreimbursed business expenses and commisions.
My former employer has a history of this sort of thing, so in order to help insure that they would pay me, I have held some of thier equipment(computers, cell phone, digi camera, etc). They are(as I figured they would) refusing to pay me for the business expenses and commisions due me.
First question; Am I within my rights to hold their equipment as collateral?
Second question; I understand that they may have some rights regarding my expenses until my corporate credit card is resolved, but after that point, are they obligated to pay me?
Third question; Can I sue them to recover this money, or conversely, can they sue me to recover their equipment?
Fourth question; Do I have any rights regarding attornies fees, lost time from work, etc in order to fight this matter in small claims court?
The amount in question is around $2,500
Lastly, thank you to the providers of this forum, and the folks that take time out of their schedules to assist folks like myself.
Sincerely,
Formerly Good Employee
I apologize if that sounds mis-leading, but this is a bit of an odd circumstance. I was employed by a company in Missouri, fulltime, but worked out of my house in Iowa. My territory was the entire United States.
I was recently terminated. I do not have issue with the reasoning. My problem lies in the fact that I have unreimbursed business expenses and commisions.
My former employer has a history of this sort of thing, so in order to help insure that they would pay me, I have held some of thier equipment(computers, cell phone, digi camera, etc). They are(as I figured they would) refusing to pay me for the business expenses and commisions due me.
First question; Am I within my rights to hold their equipment as collateral?
Second question; I understand that they may have some rights regarding my expenses until my corporate credit card is resolved, but after that point, are they obligated to pay me?
Third question; Can I sue them to recover this money, or conversely, can they sue me to recover their equipment?
Fourth question; Do I have any rights regarding attornies fees, lost time from work, etc in order to fight this matter in small claims court?
The amount in question is around $2,500
Lastly, thank you to the providers of this forum, and the folks that take time out of their schedules to assist folks like myself.
Sincerely,
Formerly Good Employee