<prompt> Human: Been working there September 14. This has never happened before but its happened the 2nd month in a row and still I havent been paid. I really need advice on what to do, I help my parents with bills, I have my own expenses, I go work and I have college and this just adds to all the stress. My only mistake was not telling him to write up a contract for me to sign. He gives me minimum wage and hes a good guy, just this problem is straining my motivation and desire to work. Theres one company, our funders we install boilers, loft and cavity insulation etc and they owe the director 35,000 but for one guy that decided to put no loft insilation when there customer did have loft. For this reason, theyre refusing to pay whats owed. Ive been told this since day one. Im a patient guy, Ive been waiting for almost three months but I dont think I can be patient any longer for my wages. I work part time so hell owe me almost 1000 on the 5th coming. I dont know how to put it across to him, to tell him give my wages without getting sacked. Please give me advice, I have spoken to my family and couple of friends about it and majority have said stop working until he pays me. However, I dont have a contract so I guess its a temporary job. I I dont know what Id do if he told me he isnt able to pay me and he has to let me go, that would be the worst case scenario.  <response>: No matter what hell owe you for the work youve done, contract or not. Step one is to go to the boss and say boss, I know the customer is messing up your cashflow but I really need to get paid, mums gas bill is due or whatever. Maybe hell pay you out of his own pocket, maybe hell be able to get you half the money now.Meanwhile, start looking for a different job. I have known numerous people who have worked at places where the company missed payroll once or twice, and only ONCE did it work out well. And in that one case, my friend who didnt get paid on time also owned a big chunk of the company, so he had a lot more to gain from the risk he took. 