Help! Company not paying me for days worked for them!

[Contreras]

I wouldn't be waiting for an introduction. Speak to their accounts payable and/or legal team and make sure the invoice has been received and logged.

I feel I must take exception to this view.

Wow. Really?

So the invoice is stalled with someone who seems to be making up the rules to suit their own ideas. Are you going to wait until it becomes overdue before making a move? And then what?

There's nothing wrong with checking that Accounts Dept. have the invoice logged, even if it's in dispute. That could be the gentle prompting that sees a grown up deal with the matter.

If you sue 1 day after the due date for payment...

Also, this is a pub fight, people say things they are both aggressive and untrue,...

Courts are not fond of liars.

Be clear here. The best time to smash someone in the face is ...

It also looks better in court if they throw the first punch, especially in these days of video surveillance...

By making it clear that we are are going to "tell his mum about him" we are in effect issuing a threat...

Legal action costs money...

Wow again. That's in response to my post? Just for the record I suggested none of those things.

To get your enemies fighting amongst themselves is the perfection of war.

Also, it is worth pointing out my contribution to the fight here...

It seems your contribution is to try and engineer a battle where there doesn't necessarily need to be one.

[PazzoRilancio]

Just a followup, the "more important person" who has got in touch, confirmed that they have been told I did only 4 days worth of work in that time and have asked me to provide a timetable to show that I actually did more than this.

I'll provide the full timetable from Day 1 to Day 13 at which point I was terminating, showing I did some form of work on each one of those days, and that it was a one month employment contract whereby, even if they didn't give me enough work in that time, they still owe me for the days I was employed as I was unable to do work for other businesses.

I'll let you know his response! Imagine it will be more trash.

[GB9]

Just a followup, the "more important person" who has got in touch, confirmed that they have been told I did only 4 days worth of work in that time and have asked me to provide a timetable to show that I actually did more than this.

I'll provide the full timetable from Day 1 to Day 13 at which point I was terminating, showing I did some form of work on each one of those days, and that it was a one month employment contract whereby, even if they didn't give me enough work in that time, they still owe me for the days I was employed as I was unable to do work for other businesses.

I'll let you know his response! Imagine it will be more trash.

Contract for Services for a period of one month......NOT an employment contract!

[NotAllThere]

Dunning discussion moved here.

[Steelman]

Did you opt out??

You are entitled to be paid for the work that you did. If you are on a daily rate, and worked for 13 days, then you bill that and they need to pay that. If you are on an hourly rate, then you bill for the hours and get paid those.

If they are refusing to pay then follow the guidance on payontime.co.uk for chasing the bad debt.

The question which may come up is what proof have you got that you worked for the 13 days?

If they fail to pay, then sue them for the money in the small claims court.

If you did NOT OPT OUT you can pursue them under employment agencies law I believe with some govt dept called Dept of BIS?? this would not cost you A PENNY. Well worth purusing - legally if you opt in they MUST pay you for time worked, irrelevant of any reason not to including not being paid by the client.

Another reason not to opt out

[Taita]

If you did NOT OPT OUT you can pursue them under employment agencies law I believe with some govt dept called Dept of BIS?? this would not cost you A PENNY. Well worth purusing - legally if you opt in they MUST pay you for time worked, irrelevant of any reason not to including not being paid by the client.

Another reason not to opt out

Surely the option only applies to agencies not to direct contracting which it seems it is in this case?

[TheFaQQer]

Surely the option only applies to agencies not to direct contracting which it seems it is in this case?

Yes. Since there is no agency in place, then the agency regulations don't apply.

[PazzoRilancio]

Good news everyone!

After providing a detailed timeframe to the BBC, they finally came back and agreed they had messed us around, and told us to amend the invoice for 10 days! We've accepted that and it's over.

Unbelievable it took this long! - Thanks to everyone for their advice and glad I didn't have to accept 4 days!!!!

[MadDawg]

Good news everyone!

After providing a detailed timeframe to the BBC, they finally came back and agreed they had messed us around, and told us to amend the invoice for 10 days! We've accepted that and it's over.

Unbelievable it took this long! - Thanks to everyone for their advice and glad I didn't have to accept 4 days!!!!

Good news

[NotAllThere]

Hopefully the thick manager you were dealing with now has an even thicker ear.