<prompt> Human: I work for a law firm. Legally, Im an independent contractor. I do my job, report my hours to my boss every Friday and Im supposed to get paid every two weeks. I havent been paid since the first of the month. What Ive been told is that the guy who does payroll went on vacation and just completely dropped the ball. Im a college student and at this point Ive got maybe 30 to my name. Can I do anything other than just wait for the check?EDIT: Just got a call from my bosss boss to tell me checks were in. Went there, picked up the check and spoke to him about getting an employment contract for me. Hes going to get that to me soon. I am classified as an independent contractor, I wish I had been told everything that entails before now considering I need to pay taxes. Luckily, Ive only been working there a month and a half. Further, we only have one payroll guy because the previous law firm he worked at had too large of a payroll department and they had problems with communication.Im also going to start tracking my mileage and using that as a deduction at tax time. Can I also track my fuel expenses and use that as business expenses?  <response>: Sounds like a one time thing, if its a good job then I would just wait it out another week or whenever the payroll person returns. 