I have a little boy who started last week. We had the interview on the last Wed of August, and the mom said that she was desperate since her daycare provider decided to close in September. She asked if I could take her son the next day. I said no, that I'm full and the earliest I could start is Wed the 3rd. I got an email from her partner a couple days later saying 'Just to confirm, he's starting on Tuesday.'. I responded, saying that no, we agreed on Wednesday. During the interview, we discussed payment, and since he was starting on the Wednesday 2 days before my payments were due, I said she could pay me on the 5th for the first week, then the next 2 weeks. In my contract, it's written that I get paid every 2 weeks for the 2 weeks that are coming up. On Friday the 5th, she gave me $120 in cash and said "I'll get the rest to you soon" I said ok.
I haven't received any more money from them, so yesterday I sent an email saying 'Just a friendly reminder that payment was due last Friday for this week and next week, and that the remainder you owe is this much.' I was going to ask her today at pick-up if she received my email.
Today at pick-up she said "I was under the impression that you get paid after, like you work, and then I pay you." I said no, it's in advance. She said "Ok, I'll be honest, I can't afford to give you that, that's almost my whole paycheque" I said "I have bills to pay too though" She said she would talk to her partner and get back to me tomorrow.
So just to be clear, she:
-agreed verbally to pay in advance
-signed a contract where she agreed to pay me in advance
-told me she would give me the rest soon
and now she's going back on this, and saying that she didn't know and that she'll 'get back to me' about paying me for the work I've done.
I think that if she doesn't pay me tomorrow, I'm going to terminate. What do you all think?