<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

My friend is not the brightest so I'm trying to help guide him through this. He was hired as an independent contractor for laying cable (cat5) in corporate stores such as K-Mart, Apple, etc. He now has a new job but the boss from that company is dodging the shit out of paying him for several jobs (almost $600 of work unpaid.) It has been 60+ days and the guy shows no sign of paying. What should he do? Also hiring a lawyer is out of the question. He can't afford it and neither can I.

My best suggestions are to report the boss to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor and Industry (we're in PA) and file a claim but I'm not exactly sure how either of those two deals work. If he were to file a claim, how much money does he ask for? For the past two months he's had to borrow money from numerous people and has been eating jack shit. Are those things he should consider when filing a claim?

Please help him out. He's really the nicest guy and its been hell for him these past couple months.
<bot>: My friend's boss refuses to send pay for work as an independent contractor. No money for a lawyer. What do?