can a employer legally hold my pay check

If everyone is too late too make you poor , then go explain the joke too an financiël person too get you offtrack

somebody someday is going to put a fire under YOUR ass for being such a dick all the time.

no, it is illegal, inform them you will be calling the BBB as well as informing your local PD about this and filing a complaint with the IRS because you wont be able to file your taxes

iThey cannot hold your paycheck, the unreturned equipment is a valid and legal reason but not for quitting without calling

This is illegal in any state. You call your local dept. of Human Rights office or the dept of labor. They will fine your employer for holding your paycheck and give the money to you as well as file charges against them on your behalf for holding said money. This means you get to hire a lawyer next and let him get you a big paycheck.

Funny, years back I worked for a dentist and he had made reservations for the staff to go to a convention in Vegas. She decided to quit and he threatened to take out his cost of plane fare out of her paycheck. I told her to go to the labor board and when he found out I gave her that advice he fired me....He was such a crappy person much less dentist.

No, even if you stole from them, they have to pay you for time worked.

THe BBB? The Police?

Call your State's Department of Labor.

The police can't do shit and neither can the BBB.

No.

Report this immediately and sue them.

Better yet, the ol Fight Club trick seems to work well.

And you can say anything to anyone as long as they have no evidence of the conversation... Just Sayin'.

Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Jeremiah 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

A business needs to set a certain date and time for giving out pay checks or direct deposit. If they do not they can get in trouble if you are not paid in a timely manner. If you get paid on a Friday that means they can give you the check at any time that day. Many places you get your check before lunch. If no time was ever specified then they can hold the check until quitting time. I've worked in places where I was paid monthly, weekly and biweekly. Some states have specific rules on being paid where others do not.

Check your own state's labor laws. Your employer may have as much as eleven working days after the 'scheduled, customary' payday date to issue your check. (I know because my uncle's mechanic's cousin's beautician once struggled to keep the books for a company that was always in arrears paying everything under the sun because the president of the firm was... irresponsible).

If the employer withholds your paycheck longer than that, according to your own state's labor laws, you *may* (or may not) be able to claim that you were let go, and file for unemployment.

It looks like you work for a company that plays fast and loose with the law, and with its financial stability. You would probably be best off if you could manage to find yourself "laid off" by virtue of not getting paid in a timely manner.

Many employment and labor speciality attorneys will offer a free consultation. Look one up in your local jurisdiction and have a talk with him or her before you do or say anything -- such as threaten your employer with a report to the state labor board. Your employer may have a certain number of days he can legally -- but not ethically -- withhold your paycheck. Knowledge is your friend.

Consult with an attorney!

No he cannot.
Just call your local labor relations or human resources or whatever they call it in your state.
The place you get unemployment from.