Wage theft

[Alan]

Can you guys help me find what I have to do in the state of New Mexico to demand that my former employers give me my last check?
It's been a fucking month since they laid me off and they haven't paid me my last check. They tell me that it's because they haven't received money from our clients but not only is that not how my contract said I was paid, my former colleagues tell me that they HAVE been paid.

[Solumina]

First off make the request in writing (if you haven't already), employment is regulated by the state so laws differ from place to place but typically you need something in writing before much can be done. After that you can either get a lawyer or you can go through the state's department of labor and they will have a specific form (wage claim or similarly titled) for you to file with them and they will take care of things from there, a lawyer will be faster but they are generally not cheap. All of the info that you should need can be found at http://www.dws.state.nm.us/, I hope that helps.