Company went out of business

OK so it's kind of a multi-part question.

So I was given a 6 day notice that the company was going to close. We were evicted from the building that we were in and the owner is working on a project with a second company in Las Vegas.

OK, so I worked there until our last day of operations which was May 15th. I am still owed about 7 days of pay as well as 200 hours of paid time off.

I was told that the US Trustee board will pay off the time off hours, but I still haven't been paid for hours owed to me.

I was told they would have an answer for me by Friday the 18th and here it is the 20th and I haven't heard anything.

Before I call them up tomorrow I was curious what my legal rights are.

I am in California and the new company that the owner is working is located in Nevada.

If you need any other information, just let me know!

[msgny]

Based on what you say here, you could file suit against them (or at least threaten to do so) in small claims court or in regular court; filing in small claims court is easier and requires no attorney...you could try to collect all of the costs and damages that you suffered due to their behavior... You may also report them to your state dept of labor office.

[msgny]

...or are they in bankruptcy now?

Well the first company (the one I worked for) was in bankruptcy before they got evicted. But the owner is also a CEO of another company.

So I'm not sure if they just closed the books and shut down the first company, or if they are still considered to be in bankruptcy.

Another thing is that the Trustee was supposed to come in and sell off anything we have left in the building and use that money to pay off the employees. We were told that they will pay employees first, then any past due bills, rent, etc. Well after a little research I found out they pay the employees last. A large amount of items that could have been sold were basically "transfered" to the new company.

Is there any way to check to see what status a company has?