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[ardwyad]

Okay so I came here a few days ago asking for advice on what to do about my payments owed from my boss. It's now 3 days late (He works 7 days a week so Sunday is counted) and I don't know what to do! We had a bit of a row via email and I told him this always happened and that I had plans for my Birthday with family and he told me I didn't let him know of my plans sooner. I don't see why I should've told him as it's none of his business anyway but nevertheless, He told me I would be paid Friday. Friday came and he said he still didn't have the funds from the company that pays him. He's now told me maybe Monday. I explained I have rent to pay and I would soon be made homeless (Ok so I exaggerated a little) but he bypassed that with some other answer/question for me. He owes me £1110 and he owes my partner £360. Now, I done about 9 days work and per 'one' that I did (Sorry, I can't say as it's confidential) I got £5. Each 'one' has a unique ID number that has to be cross checked to make sure they've been completed. Now, I made a few mistakes so give or take about 5 (£25) they are all fine. I've never had a problem before, I mean maybe 1 or 2 have been rejected as not complete but I understand where I went wrong. That was all paid (Late) but it was only a couple of hundred quid. Now we've come to the big bucks and he keeps making excuses. There are so many holes in his stories it's unbelievable. I know he's lying and so does my partner. I have a very funny feeling he's going to say most of them came back as rejected and only pay me some money. I can't prove it unless I get the other company's director number and speak to him and see what's been paid/rejected and so on. Even then that's a long shot as I could be anyone so I doubt he's going to disclose any financial information. It's my Birthday Tuesday and I've now re-arranged a meal and drinks with my family but if I don't get paid, It will be cancelled again. I also have a roof to keep over my head, Bills, Food, Toiletries etc to buy. I also need a new laptop as mine is on it' last legs. I've tried to talk to my boss several times but he just makes me feel guilty for going on at him. My partner is also very annoyed as he said he's got things to buy me for my Birthday and now he can't and he feels very down and actually quite depressed about the whole situation. My boss gave me £50 as I told him I had no money and he 'kindly' offered it out of his own pocket until we get paid apparently. I'm in such a pickle I haven't slept properly for 2 nights now. I'm so stressed about this whole situation. Can anyone help me at all? My boss said if I took him to a small claims court it would take a long time so there's no point. :(

[zadok]

Lawyers are useful every once in a while

[amdt57]

Firstly are you a contractor or permanent staff? If you are a perm then write a letter stating that you will not be going into work until you receive full pay. Legally your employer needs to pay for your time missed as well as it is their duty to pay you on time.

Basically if you do not get your wage for another week and you do not go to work until you are paid your employer has to pay you for the time it took for the wage to go into your bank.

If you have a chat with your boss again and state if this happens again you will need to take the legal route as you can not afford to be paid late.