where do i stand

System

oh my. I was only asking for advice, I was told to come here. Geeez!!!8230;.

no I haven't got a bad attitude, I work my !!!! off every day! i'm just !!!!ed off with people taking advantage, if you haven't worked the trade then you don t know. I was just asking for advice.

Undervalued

ree1977 wrote: »

It was weekly payment, and day rate so not a contract agreement

It was a contract agreement. They asked you to do something for an agreed payment. You accepted. That forms a contract.

Very few "contracts" in English law have to be in writing to be enforceable and this is not one of them. Obviously it is easier in the event of a dispute if it is written down but it is still just as valid if it is not.

If you were being paid by the hour then there is a strong argument that you should be paid for the work you actually did.

If you were being paid for the job, which you didn't complete, it is a bit more complex.

Either way, keep in mind you broke the contract. So, unless their behaviour was so bad no reasonable person could have been expected to put up with it, they may have a claim against you for breach of contract. If, for example, they had to pay somebody a higher rate at short notice to get the job done they could look to you for the difference.

Comms69

ree1977 wrote: »

oh my. I was only asking for advice, I was told to come here. Geeez!!!8230;.

no I haven't got a bad attitude, I work my !!!! off every day! i'm just !!!!ed off with people taking advantage, if you haven't worked the trade then you don t know. I was just asking for advice.

How can anyone give you advice if they don't know what happened.


Plenty of people have worked the trade and not seen any sexism (apparently you've managed it for many years, up until this previous job!).


anyway, I don't think this is going to go any further; i'm not sure why but you wont explain what actually happened.

agrinnall

ree1977 wrote: »

no I haven't got a bad attitude...

I'm sorry, but the evidence of your posts in this thread seem to point strongly towards you having a bad attitude.


If you feel you are owed money then you can start a small claim to recover it (you should send a Letter Before Action first to give them a formal opportunity to pay).



https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome

System

Undervalued wrote: »

It was a contract agreement. They asked you to do something for an agreed payment. You accepted. That forms a contract.

Very few "contracts" in English law have to be in writing to be enforceable and this is not one of them. Obviously it is easier in the event of a dispute if it is written down but it is still just as valid if it is not.

If you were being paid by the hour then there is a strong argument that you should be paid for the work you actually did.

If you were being paid for the job, which you didn't complete, it is a bit more complex.

Either way, keep in mind you broke the contract. So, unless their behaviour was so bad no reasonable person could have been expected to put up with it, they may have a claim against you for breach of contract. If, for example, they had to pay somebody a higher rate at short notice to get the job done they could look to you for the difference.

Thank you.
There was no job area agreed per se, its a day rate job. I was told, 'x' amount per day, you turn up every day and they point you to somewhere and you work. it isn't a written quote scenario..?

System

agrinnall wrote: »

I'm sorry, but the evidence of your posts in this thread seem to point strongly towards you having a bad attitude.


If you feel you are owed money then you can start a small claim to recover it (you should send a Letter Before Action first to give them a formal opportunity to pay).



https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome

yes of course it does :T

Undervalued

ree1977 wrote: »

Thank you.
There was no job area agreed per se, its a day rate job. I was told, 'x' amount per day, you turn up every day and they point you to somewhere and you work. it isn't a written quote scenario..?

The what I said earlier applies.

You have a claim against them for payment pro rate for the time your worked.

But keep in mind they may have a claim against you for breach of contract unless your "walkout" was your only reasonable option.

FBaby

I'm totally confused by this thread. Have they said they are not going to pay you? You say you finished the job because of the grief, do you mean you finished before the end of the agreed time you were expected to be there? You are wanting to be paid for the day you were there?

Have they said why they don't intend to pay you anything at all?

Brynsam

ree1977 wrote: »

oh my. I was only asking for advice, I was told to come here.

..and if you read post 7 there's your answer.

steampowered

If this was genuinely a day rate arrangement, then you are entitled to get paid for the days you worked - and should pursue that through a 'letter before action' followed by issuing a court claim through moneyclaimonline if necessary.

If you agreed to work the whole job, then it might be a bit more complicated. In that scenario the employer would be entitled to get someone else in, and deduct any extra they had to pay that person over what they would have had to pay you. For example, if you charge £100 a day and the other person brought in at short notice costing £120, the employer would be able to deduct the £20 extra from what they pay you.