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Citybuilder.
My daughter worked for nothing because her boss, who is in investments, kept on promising to pay her ' when the Middle East deal ' is closed. He said the money was 'in the pipeline' and should come through at any time, when she would get all her salary and a big bonus. This went on for months.
In the meantime, we, as her parents were subsidizing her, and her mortgage company agreed to give her two months grace followed by reduced payments. Other debts built up, of course, until we couldn't help financially any more and the building society and several others were issuing threats. So she had to leave the job as 'constructive dismissal' and seek a new job, which she got quite quickly because of her skills.
Anyway, the final hearing is in a few days time so we will await the outcome. In the meantime her old company is trading under another name but the judge has made it clear that if the directors are the same ( which they are) they will be held responsible and will have to pay my daughter what she is due, plus costs. But as you say,actually getting the money is another matter.