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3/19/2015
Leon, Solicitor
Category: Australia Law
Satisfied Customers: 52,733
Experience: BEc Dip Ed, Dip Law (SAB) MTax (UNSW)
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My name is ***** ***** I am a NSW Solicitor. Thank you for your question, and will do my best to assist you with your question.
You have a right to be paid correctly and you have toy be able to show that you were not paid it before.
Your current employer, Depending on how they purchased the business may not be liable to pay you and may chase the former owner for your entitlements.
But you have a right to chase your incorrect payments.
Is your contract with a company or was it with an individual? And wasn't the company that was sold to the new owners?
My name is ***** ***** I am a NSW Solicitor. Thank you for your question, and will do my best to assist you with your question.
You have a right to be paid correctly and you have toy be able to show that you were not paid it before.
Your current employer, Depending on how they purchased the business may not be liable to pay you and may chase the former owner for your entitlements.
But you have a right to chase your incorrect payments.
Is your contract with a company or was it with an individual? And wasn't the company that was sold to the new owners?
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