I did a week of work and sent it out, my boss said he was going to review and "let's jump on a zoom early next week to discuss everything moving forward ". While waiting for the boss to contact me the following week, I continued to work on the brief. He did not contact me and on Friday I emailed to say I had worked and still had to complete the final research, all of which would be sent out by Monday morning. The boss replied that he didn't expect me to work all week after the last email, but that I should send it and meet again on Tuesday.
Then the next week after I submitted the work, the boss's assistant emailed me saying "he'll look for a more concise narrative for further research" and will be in touch with me. When I picked it up later, the boss said the assistant would contact me in a few months.
I waited for news, but never did. I then sent an invoice for 2 weeks for the work I carried out (a little less than a year after the start of the work). I worked extremely hard for this job - first all NYE and all day after (for the initial pitch presentation to get the job), then late evenings on working days and also weekends .
Since sending the invoice 2 months ago, I have not heard back. I called the boss several times, but his phone goes straight to voicemail. I sent him another email today. I called the company's landline but it's disconnected.
It's a beverage company, I think it may have suffered during the pandemic. But I checked online and the company is still "active".
Does anyone have any advice for me on how I can get my payment and what my rights are? Thank you very much!
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The issue is proving you got to at work, was it originally reported? And did they file an incident report? I had an injury, reported same day, and ended up hiring a lawyer to handle it. You may run into difficulties with it being 2 years later.