Redundancy money not paid - contract broke- urgent

[jcl]

Hi All,

 

A very dear friend of mine was made redundant 3 months ago, a contract was drawn up of how much was to be paid in redundancy money, he was told it would be paid on 17th may 2010, a contract was drwn up and signed by all parties but money was not in the account as per contract, on ringing the company was told oh yes we were saying we going to have to send a cheque i'll get back to you no call came. Can anyone please advice as to what his rights are as theis contract now broken he was employed for 38yrs and amount is 11,000 owed to him he thinks they not got it to pay him and someone told him the government pay half ?.

 

any advice much appreciated

jcl

[Bigredbus]

Where does the company stand now?

 

Is there any financial problem with the company, insolvency?

[jcl]

Thanks for your reply Bigredbus,

 

The company has been going for years, it is not a large firm.

People who still work there have told my friend that there is loads of overtime going, no insolvency as we aware or financial trouble as we know of

[Bigredbus]

Your friend could write a letter before action stating that they should have paid him on 17 May and at present nothing has been transferred to his bank account.

[desperate31]

Hi - On reading this it has occurred to me that (giving them the benefit of doubt) they may be paying this by Bacs transfer which can take 3 days from the date it is sent from their account. I would suggest finding out what date it was actually allegedly transmitted from their bank account

(I used to work for a company that did a payment run on the Monday but it wasn't transmitted until Wednesday to arrive in accounts on Friday. On the other hand when I received my redundancy pay it was paid through payroll on pay day)

Hope this of help and that you receive the money soon.