Small Claims Court

TWIGLET1234

visidigi said:

 TWIGLET1234 said:

Westin said:

I’d call his bluff. Sounds like you have been more than reasonable.

I doubt he will follow through. Even more doubtful on his success of the £1000 claim if he did.

Assume he will on longer feature on your approved sub-contractor work list.

He actually left voluntarily on the day he received  the pay he’s questioning and giving the reason of departure as his money being wrong. His supervisor told him not to be so hasty and that we’d get it sorted the following week. He still decided to quit. 

We would have given him continuous work for the foreseeable which is why it’s even more galling that he’s trying to claim £1000 for financial worries. 

Coooooor he ain't got a hope. Tell him you consider the matter settled (based on goodwill as opposed to evidence he was there).

The court wont take kindly to his refusal to prove he was there and his flippant amount claims.

Exactly what I did. Told him we’d pay his days money as a goodwill gesture leaving us out of pocket whilst we investigate further. I told him that was a close to the matter 
He said the matter is far from closed and he will be making his claim Monday. He clearly has wanted to profit from the situation from the get go. 

Jenni_D

TWIGLET1234 said:
Exactly what I did. Told him we’d pay his days money as a goodwill gesture leaving us out of pocket whilst we investigate further. I told him that was a close to the matter 

He said the matter is far from closed and he will be making his claim Monday. He clearly has wanted to profit from the situation from the get go. 

Please come back and let us know that he was all mouth and no trousers.  

TWIGLET1234

@Jenni_D I will do. But something tells me he truly believes he has a strong case and he has told me we will be liable for fees (he obviously doesn’t realise that’s only if he wins). Part of me wants him to go ahead, just so it proves him wrong and costs him a stack of money more 

Ectophile

Don't forget to counterclaim for all the costs and staff time for defending his ridiculous claim.

pinkshoes

I would certainly counterclaim that you gave him a full days wages as a good will gesture but as he only worked X hours that day you are claiming the extra back! Plus having to advertise for someone else as he let you down?!!

He has no chance of getting the £1000. If he does make a court claim he is an idiot! He walked out of a job that would have given him decent future earnings and he claims for stress?! that makes no sense at all!

KeithP

Is there a Consumer Rights issue in here somewhere?

OP, perhaps try the Small Business board.

deannagone

Personally I don't mind that Twiglet posted on here but might get more useful help on the small business board perhaps.

TripleH

If you made a mistake, you rectified it in reasonable time (in this case without even verifying his claim was correct) and it was for 1 day of work.

Check whether he did work that disputed day (do it by email) and use the evidence that you paid out on his claim before investigating to show you were not unreasonable in your behaviour.

It sounds like this chap has unrealistic expectations or has tried it on before elsewhere. The daft thing is that in some industries which rely on subcontractors, such behaviour does get noticed and word of mouth gets around. Whether he had a claim in the first place or not becomes irrelevant as other firms decide he is not worth the hassle (I worked in an industry using a lot of subcontracted labour).

Jenni_D

It's Tuesday now ... did he file a claim yesterday? 😉🤣

TWIGLET1234

Jenni_D said:

It's Tuesday now ... did he file a claim yesterday? 😉🤣

I did not receive correspondence from the court but did receive a further email detailed below