Discrimination for no Bank Account?

My employer is fully aware I have no bank account and consequently I go to their bank to cash my payroll checks. Lately the money doesn't show up in their account until Mon. or Tues. But this past Friday's check (02/16/07) STILL will not clear as of 02/23/07. I've tried to get the boss to explain to me why my check won't clear and she keeps blowing me off. The first time I had this problem she told me I needed to get a bank account so I could deposit my checks in my account. I explained why I couldn't get a bank account and she said it was my problem. Well now I have a check I CAN"T cash and I believe it's because I'm being discriminated against for not having a bank account!! I have never in all my life had trouble cashing a check written on any employers account until now. Can someone PLEASE HELP????
Thank You.

You're not being discriminated against, you have an employer who doesn't appear to manage business finances well. It sounds like your employer doesn't have enough money to pay her employees in a timely manner and is possibly counting on either a delay from one bank to another to move money around for payroll .. you've happened to catch her in a cash shortage. (Just hypothesizing here.) Check your state's labor laws which should clearly spell out how income is to be paid, and should be readily found on the Internet. My state, for example, is very clear:

"An Employer must pay at least once every 16 days and within 10 days of the close of the pay period. Employers may pay professional, administrative, or executive employees or employees employed in the capacity of an outside salesman one time per month."

Your state's Department of Labor (or Labor Board) can also answer your questions via telephone and forward you more information, should you need it.

Good luck.