<prompt> Human: I began working for a Financial Services startup in July. She hired me and 2 others as a team and then decided to just keep me and she made the other two project based and just dodged them. The staff was just me, and her son who eventually found another job out of nowhere. She moved to Florida to start working from a new location and left me in New Jersey by myself.Initially, pay would be a couple of days late but it was not a big deal. In September is where there was a big issue. She came to Jersey and forgot her checkbook in Florida. She would then say she did not get a chance to mail my check. My check was 2 weeks late at this point. On October 1st she let me go through e-mail. I presume this was because she wanted me to do some research for her the day before and I said I could not as I was working my other job. Either way, I refused to work off hours for someone who was really late in paying me. A few days prior I also refused to overnight a clients check as I had just gotten home and did not want to waste hours of my time to mail someones check overnight when she would not even send mine. After not responding to my emails asking about my pay because her internet was down she said she would send a final check for all wages due on October 15th, which were for my wages from September 1st to September 30th. I received the check on October 19th, deposited it and thought this was finally over. Today I got a letter from Chase saying the check was denied due to Not Sufficient Funds. Got hit with a 12 fee to put the cherry on top and now I have almost nothing in my checking account.Luckily, I have my bills taken care of for the next month, I have 1,000 in my emergency fund, and I can work extra days as a waiter to get some quick cash.Please tell me anything I can do to expose this horrible woman make her pay for all this inconvenience she has caused me. Apparently this check can be cashed again, should I even bother? Any and all advice would be appreciated.  <response>: Something similar happened to me 30 years ago. Was in Los Angeles. Almost same exact story as yours. Heres what happened:After months of back and forth conversations and empty promises. I filed in small claims court. I went to court and the guy didnt show up. I got a judgement. He was sent notice and I think he had something like 90 days to appeal. He didnt appeal. I took the judgement to the LA Sheriff. They went to enforce the judgement which meant shutting down the guys business until they got the money. Hilariously he called me urgently when the Sheriff was in his office asking to negotiate a fair settlement. I told him that wouldnt be possible.The Sheriff got my money and about 2 months later I got a check from LA County for the principal, plus court costs, plus a little penalty.Im not sure how this might work for you vis a vis jurisdictions, etc... Be a little patient and do your homework. I personally worried less about unmaking the guy who stiffed me and more about getting my rightful money. Was really sweet. 