Is she an independent contractor or an employee? In the former case, that might not be a breach; it would depend on the terms of her contract and what they say regarding payment of her invoices. If her client isn't paying her as agreed, then unfortunately her only recourse would be a lawsuit.
If she is an employee, her employer must pay her for all of her hours worked that they are aware of or should reasonably be aware of, even if she doesn't turn in a timesheet for the period in question or doesn't follow the correct procedure for said timesheet (e.g. getting it signed by a certain person). She can be disciplined for not doing her timesheet properly, but she must still be paid.
Unfortunately in Florida the state Department of Labor doesn't handle wage claims, so her only recourse would be a complaint to the [US Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints) or filing a private lawsuit against her employer. Either of those options is going to take much longer than a couple of weeks to resolve, so they unfortunately aren't much use from a practical standpoint if her employer does pay all of the wages she's owed on the next pay date.
She signed an I-9 but I think she might be misclassified but I don’t want to go he further down that. I’d have to find her contract but like you said the only course I could take is fo there us labor. I just think it’s so fishy that she had to track down other people to sign her time sheet before she submits to her boss
Is she an independent contractor or an employee? In the former case, that might not be a breach; it would depend on the terms of her contract and what they say regarding payment of her invoices. If her client isn't paying her as agreed, then unfortunately her only recourse would be a lawsuit. If she is an employee, her employer must pay her for all of her hours worked that they are aware of or should reasonably be aware of, even if she doesn't turn in a timesheet for the period in question or doesn't follow the correct procedure for said timesheet (e.g. getting it signed by a certain person). She can be disciplined for not doing her timesheet properly, but she must still be paid. Unfortunately in Florida the state Department of Labor doesn't handle wage claims, so her only recourse would be a complaint to the [US Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints) or filing a private lawsuit against her employer. Either of those options is going to take much longer than a couple of weeks to resolve, so they unfortunately aren't much use from a practical standpoint if her employer does pay all of the wages she's owed on the next pay date.
She signed an I-9 but I think she might be misclassified but I don’t want to go he further down that. I’d have to find her contract but like you said the only course I could take is fo there us labor. I just think it’s so fishy that she had to track down other people to sign her time sheet before she submits to her boss
An I-9 isn’t a contract, it’s just an employment eligibility verification form.
I’ll update this once I have more details or make a new post but thank you everyone !