<prompt> Human: Im writing on behalf of my fiancé who lives with me. He has not received paychecks at all since he began work. THE FACTS: He works for a city in California so it is a government job. His first day of work began the end of December and he works a full-time salary job. He is supposed to get paid biweekly. THE STORY: He was waiting to set up direct deposit with a new bank account so he asked payroll to physically hand him a check until he sets up direct deposit. They said they would mail it but we never received the first paycheck. He asked where it was and they said the first check that went out was incorrect, so they had to cancel it and resend the correct one. Which they never informed him about until he asked where it was. He never received any checks whatsoever in the mail. He confirmed with payroll to see if they had the correct address on file and they did. So where is the freaking paycheck? Fast forward to his second payday, and not only has he still not received the first one, but the second one is claimed sent as well. One week later, STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED. By this time, he has set up direct deposit, so he told them that since there has been nothing in the mail, to just cancel the checks and direct deposit them instead. They acknowledged and said thats fine. COME THIRD PAYDAY, there is nothing in the bank account. No first paycheck, no second, no third. They claim everything is still processing but this is his life theyre toying with! He asked his manager for help and he has been generally useless and just told him to keep bothering them until they do it.It doesnt make sense to me that a government job would be so shady with the payroll. I know a lot of posts similar to this problem automatically suggests to report them to the government, but he still really needs a job and he doesnt want to make a lawsuit out of it. What can he do to get paid?!  <response>: I would call the payroll dept one more time tell them if he doesnt receive All back pay by ___, then he will be calling the State Labor board. It is probably more sloppy then shady. 