Advice needed! Money owed!

hammondlj

New Member
Hello everyone hope i am posting in the right place! Sorry if not!

I have come to find myself i a difficult position for the last 8 years i have been working on my partners parents farm recently our relationship has become unworkable and i feel i need to get out. However i am owed several months worth of wages. I have tried speaki g to her parents abkut this issuse but they just say well sort it but nothing happens this has been the case for the last 4 months at least! I have agreed the i will finish harvest for them and then ill be off but i am very concerned about the amount they owr me What would people here advise i do?

Many thanks
 

Gav

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Norfolk
Difficult position with it being your partners parents but unfortunately if they continue to ignore your requests to pay go down the legal route with them to get the money.
 

farmerm

Member
Location
Shropshire
Difficult one! I am sure you will get what you are owed one way or the other. I would make it clear you and your partner need the money and if they can not catch up on the late wages you can not afford to continue working with them to the end of harvest. You are making a gesture of goodwill to continue to end of harvest and you would appreciate if they could mirror that with paying what you are owed. With family taking legal routes need to be the very last option Good luck.
 
Possibly a bit more than meets the eye here, so I wouldn't wish to offer a comment at this stage.
So more info about which relationship has broken down, and what agreement / arrangement was previously in place to pay you for your labour? Were you / are you working full time on the farm?
 
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Gav

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Norfolk
I know all parties involved in this personally and the situation is exactly as the OP has stated. He is being careful how much information he posts on here so as not to identify those involved.
 

Bald n Grumpy

Member
Livestock Farmer
I know all parties involved in this personally and the situation is exactly as the OP has stated. He is being careful how much information he posts on here so as not to identify those involved.
Has he fell out with the partner or the family? Big difference in advice needed depending on the answer IMO. If he's fell out with both he's on a hiding to nothing and should let them do their own harvest
 
Location
southwest
Too many questions


Was/is the OP an employee? Did he fall out with his employer or with his partner? Or both? Is his partner a partner in the employer's business? Are there unresolved issues (financial or otherwise) from his fallout with his partner?
 

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