Monies Owed

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

moniesowed@bectu.org.uk

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.

BECTU Monies Owed Form

Monies Owed Form (2019)

Click on the form to open as a google doc

Or Here for a word compatible docx

What to do if the Company is going into Liquidation owing you money.

Liquidation is the formal means of closing a company when there are still liabilities which need to be dealt with, usually by selling assets.

If you hear that a company you have worked for have gone into liquidation still owing you money;

contact the Prospect/BECTU Helpdesk straight away

0300 600 1878 or at helpdesk@prospect.org.uk

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.