Is this acceptable..?

You leased onto someone?

 

your not leased on to someone in Georgia are you?

 

A bad deal I went thru

 

Does the phrase "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" sound familiar?

How would you like it if you did some job for someone and they didn't pay you? That is what you are asking...if it is "legal" to withhold someones earned pay. No it is not!

 

It is common for you to submit your time card or invoice by a certain date and you get paid a week or two later,

 

So basically, what he does this week he gets paid for next week? If so, that is perfectly legal and actually quite normal.

 

I suppose it would be determined by what you agreed to. Excepting maybe some time to process paperwork, I think most either settle on a specific day of the week or some number of days after POD is submitted.

"Holding a paycheck" is W2 employee language. For example, I don't actually "hold" someones pay deliberately. Pay week ends on Sunday and driver is paid for loads before that and on the truck on that day. I have till Tuesday (2 days) to turn in payroll numbers to the bank and they cut direct deposits on Friday.

I'd say on a 1099 someone keeping one load in arrears (practically a deposit or escrow in that context) is a little sketchy unless there's more to the story.