Timeline for I'm looking for a new job because my current employer has failed to pay me
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| Jul 8, 2015 at 15:01 | comment | added | Dorus | I've looked it up: Under the Dutch law, you should not refuse to work: you can just get fired for that and then you have nothing. Instead, you should warn your employer he's late paying you. Funny things happen if he still refuses: you get a 5% interest per day for day 4 to 8, and 1% per day after that (up to a max of 50%). On top of that you can also get a normal interest. Only in cases where payment is really really late, you can increase the pressure by refusing work. Of course, if you don't mind to get fired (for example, you found a new job), you can refuse to work at zero risk. | |
| Jul 8, 2015 at 14:23 | comment | added | Dorus | Yes, but he should only do so after winning legal advice, not before. | |
| Jul 8, 2015 at 14:16 | comment | added | Bill Leeper | He isn't being paid! It's illegal to ask someone to work and not pay them. There is no contract in hell that will burn this guy for refusing to work when he isn't being paid. | |
| Jul 8, 2015 at 8:04 | comment | added | Dorus | It is a very bad idea to refuse to work. Instead, legal actions should be taken, these include demanding your wage (in my country, including a huge increase based on percentages per day they are late), potential ending in filling bankruptcy. As part of these legal actions you might be able to stop working, but outright doing so without taking legal advice might just result in getting fired for refusing work. | |
| Jul 7, 2015 at 21:49 | history | answered | Bill Leeper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |