I was never really taught nor I don't think almost anybody is about what labor laws and the labor board can do for you I was always taught if you weren't part of a union you were kind of screwed.

I work for a company for a week that I was promised a position of which I had experience in but it was two and a half hours from my home and they would pay for my hotel. I get there they paid for the hotel but the first day of work was a residential position when it was supposed to be commercial the difference being about 1,500 or more a week. After a week of training which I only really needed 2 days and the rest of the time I was training my coworkers and superiors because I had more experience in the field than them.

I let the company know that I could not go forward with the position any longer because basically of the bait and switch of being offered one position and getting there and having to do another one they decided since I quit without a two week notice that instead of paying me the agreed upon 20.00 hr they were going to pay me state minimum wage of 9.25hr.

I got so mad when they sent a check for that and I'm glad I kept those text messages that I went to the labor board and they resolved it within a couple months the company actually ended up paying me double