<prompt> Human: Ive spent a lot of time reading this subreddit and almost every week or so, without fail, someone posts something about how their employer is doing something shady, trying to not pay them, giving them bad checks, etc. And everyone here immediately goes to call department of labor on their ass! these weasels are stealing from you!. And I am not suggesting it doesnt happen, but I am here to tell you a short version from the employers point of view. My wife and I run a small shop, have 3 great employees and my wife works a ton with them. We tried hiring someone else, immediately saw it was a bad fit, and let her know we werent able to continue her employment. Fast forward a week, we had a problem with our payroll and instead of direct deposit, we had to cut checks for everyone. We immediately emailed her to let her know, told her she could pick it up. She opted for us to mail it to her and the next day, we did. Since then, Ive been told I am running a scam, I am a con artist, thief, threatened, 2am emails, etc. First it took the post office 5 days to get her the check. Not much I can do. Then it took 3 days for the bank to deposit the check. Again, not much I can do. Everything was our fault despite us trying to help her get her money as fast as we could.I dont want to get too far into details and eventually the check cleared, but a lot of people here are quick to start blaming employers for payment issues. Sometimes, things are out of employers hands. Sometimes, people bend their perspective of things where they are a victim and quickly come looking to others to validate their point of view. In my case, there was nothing more I could do to help this person, but I was still the piece of shit who was trying to steal from someone.  <response>: If you were reported to the dept of labor over this they would investigate and find you did nothing wrong if you did nothing wrong, and that would be the end of it. Im sure they are accustomed to dealing with bogus complaints. I dont see what good can come from discouraging people who may have been wronged from reporting that possible wrongdoing, especially if its beyond their ability to determine if theyve been wronged. 