On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:30:07 +0100, Stuart A. Bronstein put finger to
keyboard and typed:

"tim\(yet another new home\)" wrote:
"Bouffont" wrote

I left my job under very "interesting" circumstances (long story
short I was bullied out of a job).

The problem I have is they're refusing to pay them until the next
pay day, which is in a months time.

Whether this is legally correct of not, yes they can.
By the time you got a hearing to take action it will be next
month's pay day anyway.

So there's no statutory penalty for failure to pay wages when due?

No. It's a civil contract, so not a matter for criminal law. Employees
are well up the list of priority debtors if an employer becomes
insolvent, so they are protected by the law to some degree from the
results of a failing business, but it isn't illegal for a company to
defer payment of salaries.

Mark
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