Anon
Miami,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, February 27, 2003
Usually the word "vested" means the matching portion a company gives you toward retirement. Do your check stubs show deductions for retirement? Do you have any statements from some sort of retirement fund indicating the contributions made and the balance? If so, bring your matter to the Labor Board in your state. They handle pay issues, not sure if they handle retirement funds but they would know where to direct you for help. Maybe the IRS needs to look at his accounting also. Is there any sort of employee handbook indicating the terms of the retirement? Get written statements from the other employees present when the retirement plan was discussed. You will need as much documentation as possible, since it sounds like your former employer was pretty seat-of-the-pants with the accounting. Good luck to you.