<prompt> Human: Ill try to keep this sort and to the point. I work for a startup, about 8 weeks ago, my employer contacted us to say he had no money to pay our salaries. He was waiting for some investment that was delayed. He committed to paying us all that we were owed within 2 weeks. 8 weeks has passed, im seriously broke, borrowing money to pay my rent and buy food. Over time my employer has been making constant excuses and obvious lies. He refuses to declare insolvency because he and others have invested several million into the business. I know he is a shareholder in at least 2 other businesses. Its now the end of the tax year and I called him today to ask that he sends our group tax certificates out asap so that we can do a tax return and claim expenses. I moved to another state for the role, Ive been working from home and paying for all my own travel and phone accounts, plus Ive only been employed full time since Nov so im due a pretty large tax refund. My question is- what can I do to get my owed wages faster?If he hasnt paid our tax and doesnt supply me with my payment summary- what should I do?Ive been living of next to nothing for weeks now, Im starting to fall behind on my rent, and mentally im not in a good place, I moved to another state and dont know anyone here- so dont have the support network I would have had.edit- thankyou reddit, all of this advice has been unreal!, thankyou to all of the replies and to all of the PMs offering assistance- you guys are amazing! Im overwhelmed by your generosity : I will update if I make any progress Ive been interviewing for some jobs here in Brisbane, and could have done that sooner or moved back to Sydney if my employer had been honest from the beginning about not having the money, and that it wasnt coming, instead he swore he was getting 1million from several investors and it was just delayed- so now im in the position where I cant afford to move and Im only just getting interviews now.Any advice at all would be fantastic. Thanks Guys ps- im not a citizen so im not entitled to any unemployment benefitAssistant: Phone the Australian Tax Office. Aside from how hes screwing you over, hes criminally liable if hes trading whilst insolvent. Human: He said he spoke to his financial advisors and they said he doesnt have to declare insolvency if he believes he can raise more capital-i think this sounds like bullshit?Assistant: Yes. Totally. If his liabilities exceed his assets and he has no prospect of further income, hes insolvent. Aside from that, the ATO can advise you on where youre at wrt wages, super, etc.Human: he says that he can raise more capital within the next 2 mths- so that means he is not insolvent? I honestly dont know if that is true or not?  <response>: He already said that 8 weeks ago. 