Advice needed! Money owed!

[BRB John]

Yes if a regular employee. With it being the inlaws you are not winning if you stop working there. Long term you might be winning more if you keep working for free for a little while.

As a person quite good at digging holes I can assure you, assuming working for nothing for years in the hopes of maybe getting compensated long term is a real good way to dig yourself a very big hole.
I'm not saying that it always ends in disaster but it's much much safer not to put yourself in that position in the first place.
If he has spilt from his wife and her parents have cut his wages off as a result as I suspect has happened he needs to have stopped yesterday.

 

[JeepJeep]

I'd be causing havoc...

For starters, the Combine wouldn't be rolling not with me sitting in the seat anyway..

 

[jack6480]

Easiest way to get money out of someone is embarrass them

 

[BRB John]

Easiest way to get money out of someone is embarrass them

I wouldn't advise that. Nobody looks good in that scenario....

 

[Gerbert]

As a person quite good at digging holes I can assure you, assuming working for nothing for years in the hopes of maybe getting compensated long term is a real good way to dig yourself a very big hole.
I'm not saying that it always ends in disaster but it's much much safer not to put yourself in that position in the first place.
If he has spilt from his wife and her parents have cut his wages off as a result as I suspect has happened he needs to have stopped yesterday.

Oh yes I agree. But finishing the harvest like he said he would might be wise. After that, yes get the fück away.

 

[Sid]

I wouldn't advise that. Nobody looks good in that scenario....

Or spread malicious lies and gossip about them....people see through very easily.

 

[Huno]

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

Raise your middle index finger at them... walk away... accept you wont get paid... get another job.. and build a new life..
Life lesson learnt

 

[Mc115reed]

Yes if a regular employee. With it being the inlaws you are not winning if you stop working there. Long term you might be winning more if you keep working for free for a little while.

Don’t ever work for friends or family or always ends in pain

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

CAB
ACAS
Solicitor
Not necessarily in that order.

 

[Forever Fendt]

Get your mate to turn up with 3 trailers and fill them up with grain and tell them “ Don’t worry we’ll sort it out “

 

[Oliveau]

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.

Yes, but please can you relay to him that unless he explains the setup it's difficult to offer advice. If its just the relationship with the partner that is broken that's one thing, but if the just the relationship with partners parents that has broken down that's another matter. But if its a breakdown in relationship with both partner & partner's parents [The employer?] its beyond the scope of the forum to advise and needs the involvement of a solicitor.

 

[Gav]

The OP is looking at the Thomas Higgins route for now with being self employed and then proceeding further if necessary.
Too many details will make the parties involved easily identifiable to those who may know them on here hence the lack of information as to relationship breakdowns etc. The OP would rather extract what he’s owed before the public flogging commences