Joining Discount for May & June
BECTU can help freelance members who’ve not been paid with monies owed cases.
First stop is to contact the Branch Mobile to see if we can offer any personal advice for you to try before taking a more official route.
If you are still having issues, download the form on this page, fill out all the info you can, adding any relevant documentation & email everything to
Most of the time a letter from BECTU HQ results in payment. Where this approach fails BECTU will seek legal advice on your behalf.
Where a monies owed claim has to go to law, BECTU can provide you with a briefing on the Small Claims Court which is designed to support claimants without the need for legal or professional representation.
Membership also provides access to a range of legal services.
Find out more here.
If you hear that a company you have worked for have gone into liquidation still owing you money;
The Helpdesk team can explain what you can do to try to protect your position, which may include advising you to make a county court claim to get “judgement debtor” status; which will bump you up the list of priority in terms of getting paid - if the claim is processed before the liquidators come in.
Unfortunately there are no guarantees, but it may be your only chance of seeing your money.
If a company goes into liquidation, and you are on the list as an unsecured creditor, it will be nigh on impossible to retrieve monies owed.
Advice on your rights to be paid - Employer/Client/Customer obligations
Advice on your rights to be paid - Employer/Client/Customer obligations