serious work contract issues

monkey8

i started a job in may, due to get paid at the end of each month.
over the last few months pay has beenup to 2 weeks late.

my contact stipulates that i get paid at the end of each month and that i need to give 4 weeks notice if i leave.

if the pay has not been on time does that make the contract null and void and mean i can leave without giving sufficient notice?

also is i just left how hard would it be to get monies owed, holiday pay etc for a company that is very hard to get money from (suppliers etc and now employees)

coylemj

monkey8 wrote: »

also is i just left how hard would it be to get monies owed, holiday pay etc for a company that is very hard to get money from (suppliers etc and now employees)

The answer is 'very' - as in 'very hard', you supplied the answer in the question!

monkey8

coylemj wrote: »

The answer is 'very' - as in 'very hard', you supplied the answer in the question!

that was my fear but if an employer decides not to pay the last months wage what's the next step?
he gets a fair few solicitors letters from suppliers which he laughs at but surely is not as easy for him not to pay an employee???

coylemj

monkey8 wrote: »

that was my fear but if an employer decides not to pay the last months wage what's the next step?
he gets a fair few solicitors letters from suppliers which he laughs at but surely is not as easy for him not to pay an employee???

It seems to be perfectly easy for him to not pay employees, he's already stringing you out by two weeks, what's to say the pay won't be three weeks late next month? He's probably exploiting the fact that jobs are hard to come by in the current climate.

But playing devil's adocate, maybe he's finding it difficult to get payment from his customers?

How does he stay in business if he's getting solicitors' letters from suppliers? - as in who's supplying him these days?

monkey8

coylemj wrote: »

It seems to be perfectly easy for him to not pay employees, he's already stringing you out by two weeks, what's to say the pay won't be three weeks late next month? He's probably exploiting the fact that jobs are hard to come by in the current climate.

But playing devil's adocate, maybe he's finding it difficult to get payment from his customers?

How does he stay in business if he's getting solicitors' letters from suppliers? - as in who's supplying him these days?

he just changes suppliers and gets away with it that way.
payment is from the public but to be fair times are tough at the moment.

my question was more related to how difficult it would be to get paid my last months wage was i to quit? i would expect him to drag it out alright but could he just refuse to pay me altogether?

coylemj

monkey8 wrote: »

my question was more related to how difficult it would be to get paid my last months wage was i to quit? i would expect him to drag it out alright but could he just refuse to pay me altogether?

In law you'd be a creditor, you'd have to take your place in the queue with the suppliers he's ignoring. You'd have to take a civil case against him for the money, could take years.