I run a pretty informal set up, although I did spend the holidays making a handbook and contract which will formalize some things-mostly money. 
One of my moms pays every 2 weeks-one week behind and one week ahead. We fell into that when she changed jobs and it's worked fine. The week before Christmas (should have been my first clue), she brought just over half of my money and said that the company had shorted everyone's checks and it would be the day after Christmas before they could correct it. I bought the story-it's not the first rotten thing they've done to employees. I actually gave her back the few dollars over one weeks pay because she's a single parent and she is struggling. I know. I know.
Here comes the Tuesday after Christmas(she pays on Tuesday). Not one single word about my missing pay. I had to ask about my money and she said that they told them it would be another week-until regular pay day-before it was corrected because "they couldn't submit two payrolls in one pay period". Ok, red lights are starting to flash a bit. What national company would mess up payroll and make you wait 2 weeks for correction, especially at Christmas? I haven't worked for anyone but myself or my husband in over 30 years, so maybe the answer is "all of them".
Originally, since the baby was off on daddy visitation that week and I didn't even see her, plus I closed two days, I was only going to charge her half of the remaining 3 days.
I've had a change of heart. I'm still not charging her for my time off, but I'm taking the rest of it. I won't say she told a story, but it sounds funny to me. And she was evasive the next week.
If she made the whole thing up because she needed the money for Christmas, she should have told me. I would have paid out her layway-heck, I'm crazy about my kids. I would have bought them Christmas. I can handle money mis-management, lateness, almost anything except lying.
So, it's a teeny backbone, but at least I know it's in there somewhere. ;-)

One of my moms pays every 2 weeks-one week behind and one week ahead. We fell into that when she changed jobs and it's worked fine. The week before Christmas (should have been my first clue), she brought just over half of my money and said that the company had shorted everyone's checks and it would be the day after Christmas before they could correct it. I bought the story-it's not the first rotten thing they've done to employees. I actually gave her back the few dollars over one weeks pay because she's a single parent and she is struggling. I know. I know.

Here comes the Tuesday after Christmas(she pays on Tuesday). Not one single word about my missing pay. I had to ask about my money and she said that they told them it would be another week-until regular pay day-before it was corrected because "they couldn't submit two payrolls in one pay period". Ok, red lights are starting to flash a bit. What national company would mess up payroll and make you wait 2 weeks for correction, especially at Christmas? I haven't worked for anyone but myself or my husband in over 30 years, so maybe the answer is "all of them".
Originally, since the baby was off on daddy visitation that week and I didn't even see her, plus I closed two days, I was only going to charge her half of the remaining 3 days.
I've had a change of heart. I'm still not charging her for my time off, but I'm taking the rest of it. I won't say she told a story, but it sounds funny to me. And she was evasive the next week.
If she made the whole thing up because she needed the money for Christmas, she should have told me. I would have paid out her layway-heck, I'm crazy about my kids. I would have bought them Christmas. I can handle money mis-management, lateness, almost anything except lying.
So, it's a teeny backbone, but at least I know it's in there somewhere. ;-)
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