KNOXVILLE (WATE) - A group of women who work for a local janitorial service are asking where their money is.

It's been a frustrating two weeks for the women. Since they live paycheck to paycheck, missing a payday or two hurts.

We usually don't see them working, but big department stores will have a cleaning crew that comes in early before the store opens.

Most of the time, the crew works part-time and are paid minimum wage every two weeks.

The women 6 On Your Side talked with were last paid at the end of December.

"We worked, we continued working up until Sunday," said Karla Hood.

Hood is referring to Sunday, January 26. That's when her supervisor Danielle Parker and coworker Lizabeth Hutchins stopped working for a local independent cleaning service that has janitorial crews at two Belk stores in Knoxville.

"Everybody had their own position. You had a bathroom person who also did the doorways," said Parker.

"We did bathrooms, mop, sweep, stock," said Hutchins.

The women worked part time, seven days a week, three to four hours a day. They received paychecks in the middle and end of December, but none since. They say they were supposed to be paid on January 15.

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