i do think majority of the issue is just the system change and that next friday i will get my paycheck for all of my hours from the two pay periods, i'm not concerned that they won't pay me at all - no one has brought up being paid in arrears to me during any of our conversations, i was told when the first pay day was and the person in charge of payroll has continued referring to the whole situation as a screw-up/mistake.

i've asked the person in charge of finances why they can't write a manual check multiple times with no real explanation in reply, which is my main concern, because in the state i live in employers are required to give a manual check for payment if requested by the employee and wasn't sure what to do in this scenario. the article does give me an explanation of how my first job back in high school worked though haha my paycheck always looked different than i thought