Very Annoyed

StrawberryJazz

I worked for Promopeople in August and have been at them to pay me since. I phoned and wrote a hundred times and the girl on the desk kept assuring me the cheque was on its way.
Now in November the company has gone into liquidation.
I got a very official, legally letter informing me I was a creditor.

Any chance I can still get paid and how do i go about this?

I'm so annoyed and feel completely robbed. I was employed on a once off contract - can I even get the money directly off the man who hired me?
Any advice welcomed

Strawberry Jazz

Techno_Toaster

maybe pop into citizens information and they might be able to inform you better. Usually creditors are split into 2 different groups and secured are paid first like ESB, phone line etc then whatever's left over is split between unsecured creditors.

Delancey

If you were a contractor for them then it is highly probable you will be considered an '' Unsecured Creditor '' and realistically have virtually nil chance of getting paid anything.
Doubtless not what you wanted to hear but I think you may be better off ' writing off ' this debt in your own mind.

looksee

Have to agree with Delancy. I am out of freelancing now, but there have been several occasions where, when reasonable (and agreed) waiting time was up I would just go and stand in reception, ignoring all the 'the manager isn't here' 'the accountant has to sign the cheque' stuff, and just having to discuss the problem with the receptionist when other clients came in - very politely and inoffensively.

On one occasion I was asking a restauranteur for my money - several months late and after numerous requests - and she said 'shhh, you can't discuss this in the restaurant!' I pointed out that if she paid me I wouldn't have to, and she gave me money out of the till

Never again, I hated that carry-on, you need a brass neck to be self-employed, but I was only ever completely stuck for one fee.

Delancey

Unfortunately the Legal Issues forum is littered with stories of self-employed ( and in some cases employees ) getting royally screwed when it comes to getting paid.
StrawberryJazz - you ask is there any way you could compel the person who hired you to pay you ? If the business was incorporated with Limited Liability then there is no chance of that route being open to you , also worth bearing in mind that in any event the Small Claims Court process is not available in a case like yours.

The legal letter you got probably invited you to attand a Creditors meeting ? If so , don't bother going - it will be a complete waste of time and probably petrol , once the secured and preferential creditors are paid what they can get there won't be a bean left over.