What you do is...

Posted By: MoodyJen on 2006-01-08
In Reply to: Still no pay! What to do? - sm

1. Have you filed your demand for payment letter with this company? This may just do the trick. You have not mentioned in this posting thread if you have done that yet. That is your first step. The other posters have explained how to do this and what to say (google for sample letters).
2. You are right, I think, in that the Dept of Labor does not oversee IC income.
3. BBB cannot do anything; they simply take reports and keep them on file. This is a good resource for other people to check up on past history with this company.
4. You have received an excellent suggestion from the posters about contact the attorney general's office's fraud division. Do that and see what they say. Research that avenue. If after research that seems appropriate, do that, and also advise the company that you have done that as well.
5. If you take them to small claims court, which is an excellent idea, this may mean that you would have to travel out of state to that courthouse. Of course, that expense can be added to your lawsuit.
6. What they have done is criminal. They have broken the law. If you no longer work for them, and are working elsewhere, great, because you have theh peace of mind of good income coming in. Meanwhile, make this your current pet project. Remember, the moment you send an invoice, you are owed that money. That money becomes your money, not their money. They are laughing all the way to the bank on your money.

Keep me closely posted. My email is available to you. We want to know what is going on and we want to support you. Many of us have "been there and done that," and we want to be involved in a career industry that is following the law and not mistreating their professionals who provide services.

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Still no pay! What to do? - sm
- What you do is... - MoodyJen
- what state is this company in? There are - anon
  - Washington - no name
- Dud you send a demand payment letter? sm - nashvilleMT
- When I have worked for disreptuable company in the past, I "threatened" to bill...more - babs
- Write it off. And be careful who you work for. I had the same problem with local company. - Chalk it up to experience
  - Why should this MT give away her hard work? She should go after what is rightfully hers. - nm Don't expect her to lie down and let them w
    - Because it is hard work to collect and once you know a company is a bad debt, - You waste twice as much time collecting.
      - Bad debts - Albert
    - Unless local, and can pursue in small claims, then she will end up sm - waste of time
      - But what she gains in self-esteem is priceless. nm - Stand up for yourself
        You can't bank "self-esteem" and if she wants to cut her losses, give it up. - Logic this.
        Some things are more important than money. sm - Stand up for yourself
        If you have the time to get down and dirty with some low-life bad debt, - have at it.
        Ever hear the phrases "Don't let yourself be a door mat" and "stand up for yourself?" - Fight for what is yours.
        my dear poster. if you want to go around with bad debts and scramble in the mud with them - that is your choice.
        And if you want to give your labor away for free, you will always have plenty of work. nm - Fight for what is yours.
        And if I fight every low-life who cheats, I won't have time to work. - you avoid shady people.
        Per above posts, often it only takes a letter or two to the company and/or right agency. Is - labor not worth even that? nm
  - DO NOT WRITE IT OFF! Writing it off is too common. - sm
  - Not getting paid - no name

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