My husband has been working with a Kirby vacuum distributor, he was there for one week. We were told base pay was $350 weekly, plus commission if he made a sale. We were also tolf anything over $1700 was his to keep. After making a $2000 sale, we were then told commission was determined based on the buyers credit and since the buyers credit was under 650 the commission then went to a flat $50 and base pay is relinquished since he made a sale. He was supposed to be paid Friday, he was told Monday they'd have his pay. It's now Monday and still no pay in any form. We have the vacuum my husband was given to learn with, that will not be given back until he gets paid. If they still refuse to pay him, can I get in trouble for selling the Kirby to get what he's rightfully owed?

Your husband needs another job. Give back the Kirby because if he doesn't then the company will have him charged with theft and sense the vacuum is retailed at over 2,000 dollars guess what, it can become a felony theft charge. If they don't pay him contact the state labor board and also file a complaint with the your state attorney general's office.

You need to contact your state labor relations board.

But, hard to believe they would give him a base pay without requiring sales.

I think he and/or you misunderstood the terms of his pay.

Its a commission only job. And with a bad credit buyer they cant pay out excess commissions when they don't know if they will even be paid.

Yes, you'd be selling something you don't own.

Does he have all of those pay conditions in writing?

Absolutely. There's two ways to go about this - the right way, and the way you're doing it.

Kirby are the biggest bunch of scammers around, i did a couple of training induction days with them.......we were told our main targets were old people because they were easy to persuade and became confused easily so were easy to part with money.

I told them to stick their job up their **** and never went back.

Yes, it's illegal to with hold property in lieu of a debt.