Posted on 12/18/2005 3:39:06 PM PST by IL Republican
My wife worked for a theater in town as an event planner.
She has worked there for 3 months, and the original agreement was for her to get 50% of the gross revenue (WAY too HIGH in my opinion). The owner finally wised up and realized that 50% was too much, so he wanted to cut it to 30%. She didn't even have to show up at the event, all she had to do was book it, plan for the proper people to be working, and she received a check for 1/2.
My wife and I were still thinking about if she would accept the 30% or quit. It would be hard to make a lot of money at that percentage, but it probably was fair.
Today (yes, Sunday), the owner called her and fired her over the phone. The reason was that he was not happy with how she was performing.
She has Several events this week as everyone wanted the theater right before Christmas. The owner refuses to pay her a penny for any event that was booked, but that has not occured. The total she would have received would have been $1300.
Does anyone on this forum know if we can sue him in small claims court for the wages?
My wife has worked there 3 months, and spent our own money on all office supplies, and transportation for business purposes. She did the time, booked the event, adn planned for it. Now, he doesn't want to pay her 50%, because it was too high, so he fired her to avoid paying her anything (that is speculation on my part).
I reallly want this clown to pay for being a jerk, we are well off enough to where $1300 is not a big deal.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I guess this is what is meant by "learning the hard way".
Best of luck to you.
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