[ChefCarolyn]

Did you receive a handbook when you started working there? If so, is there any non-competitive, non-disclosure policy in the handbook? Also, is there any policy that states that anything created while working for the company is the company's?

It may have already stated this in the thread but what state are you in?

You can go to the DOL and fill out a demand for payment of wages form. It is on the employer to then prove that they don't owe you that money. I've had to answer a few of these before and they are a real pain.

[chefboy2160]

Perhaps you need to talk to someone who works for the waste management company in New Jersy? I would suggest a legal alternative but I am alergic to the judicial system(heck if judge Judy is on the T.V. and I hear it I just brake out in hives)!
As the late Marlon Brando said,"we will just make him an offer he can't refuse"
Of course there has been much better advice posted so dissregard this confrontational advice please.....................Doug