Help! No Pay for Six Weeks to Two Months?

[Hols36]

Originally Posted by PacificFlights

Well, ththe foirst thing you must settel once and for all is: are you an employee, a contracted employee, or a contractor? Thats important because that determines if you have an employee/employer relationship or, if you have a client/contractor relationship. If employer/employee, you hold a bunch of cards, but if a client/contractor, the cards you hold are the ones in the contract and you can be waiting 4 months for payment if thats whats in the contract. SO DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE CONTRACT?

I am definitely a contractor. No, I don't have a copy of the contract, but I did read (skimmed) one that they had the last person sign. And it's probably the same one that I will sign next week. It spells out all their rights (and makes it clear you have few if any). I doubt they would be keen to adjust their payment schedule but I am going to ask for AT LEAST twice monthly payments. Let's see what happens.

[Hols36]

Originally Posted by laorbust61

LaborReady (a temp staffing agency) states in their ad that you can work today and get paid today. That would be some money coming in. You may need access some work through them to tide you over in addition to the part-time job you have landed. Good luck.

Great, thank you. I will check them out. In all likelihood I am going to have to find something to bring in some quick cash. The current job leaves some extra time per week where I could be picking up other small jobs. I should know more this coming week how the timing of the first payment is going to play out. I think I 'already' know (long wait to first check). But what I don't know is whether they would be willing to make an exception here and there or otherwise speed things up. Being new, I can't rock the boat too much.

[Hols36]

And great suggestions everyone. Very much appreciated.

[myrc60]

My 1099 employer paid me at the beginning of each quarter for that quarter's work. We had already had a relationship so they knew I wasn't going to rip them off. Maybe you can work something out with them.