Can I charge my ex employer with theft?

Sure, if you can get a prosecutor to take the case.

What roger said.

You can also sue him in Small Claims Court.

What country do you live in? Why didn't you call the police if the item in question was something of value?

Y not call the police ?

Bro.. you should get in touch with the law enforcement department. Makes sense to talk to a lawyer also.

A lawyer might cost more
than the stolen property.

A police report should have been made - at once, at the scene.

But it's not too late to do this. Tell your boss that you will make this report and give him a chance to return it.

If he doesn't, go to the police station and make the report.

and be accused of blackmail ???

I don't see that as blackmail

If the person decides he's going to report it to the police, I think it's generous of him to make his intentions known, to perhaps put the matter at rest before it goes any farther.

Saying you're going to make a report isn't a threat.

Here's a definition of blackmail

Blackmail is an act, often a crime, involving unjustified threats to make a gain or cause loss to another unless a demand is met. It may be defined as coercion involving threats of physical harm, threat of criminal prosecution, or threats for the purposes of taking the person's money or property.

Anytime you're terminated, your employer has to give you your last paycheck immediately. I hope you've gotten your paycheck. If not, just call the employment department, they will help you in what steps to take next.

In New Mexico, it is within three working days, so I bet that's California law.

With all respect, that has already HAPPENED, more than 1ce and for an ocean of time.

The (painfully learned) moral of the story has been:
DO IT; don t threaten to do it.





David

That could be, roger! I thought it was a federal law....well, it should be!
Any employee that is terminated should receive his/her paycheck immediately. It's only fair and square!

Sounds good, but not practical. I've done a few payrolls, and in the places I've worked it simply isn't possible to assemble the hours worked in any part of one day. I suppose a system could be devised to make it possible.

Is there a predicate for federal jurisdiction ?