<prompt> Human: Im not sure which sub this belongs to, but hope someone could help me here. Unfortunately I cannot disclose full information, as I believe my employer does browse reddit.I worked for this company for more than 3 years, I should note that I worked 6 days a week in their office, getting a what they said salary, I had both paid vacations and sick days. In the first year of my employment there they did pay me some part under-the-table, filing me as a 1099 employee. Eventually they started paying everything on check. One day I was browsing one of the subs and found out about misclassification of employees, so I had a talk with the employer about the issue and if they could reclassify me as W2, they just told me if I didnt like anything I was free to go. Because at the moment I couldnt afford to lose a job, I just sucked it up.Fast forward couple of month, after calculating how much I had to pay in taxes, I had another conversation with the company. This time I told them that I would have to file an SS8 form, so they fired me. I did receive a call from them later that day threatening me they would disclose the cash earnings and sue me for the days when I worked less than 8 hours often I worked 7 hours, however my pay was calculated daily ,not hourly if I proceed with filing the IRS form.Im lost, what is the right way to handle it with a minimal loss?Edit: Im in NY stateEdit2: Unfortunately, as of this moment I cant post any more info. As soon as I see a lawyer, I could decide what is safe to post. Thanks everyone for the support.  <response>: Not only are they retaliating against you very illegal, they may have also attempted extortion depending on other facts, which can be a very, very serious crime. In fact, you could literally call the police on them. Definitely find yourself a lawyer. You can very likely find one who will work on contingency fee basis i.e., you pay nothing but court fees, and the attorney takes a percentage of your winnings. Source: I work as general counsel for a small corporation and like 75 of the issues I deal with are labor law related. As such, I have defended the corporation against an allegation that it misclassified an individual as an independent contractor. Before working here, I represented local magazine publisher who was sued for attempted extortion. This is all in California. 