Payment not Paid for the Contract Term

[payal99]

Hi ,

I'm posting a question, which I really dont know if its relevant to post it here or not.

I recently worked on 1 month contract in Jan 2008 and left
that client because I didn't like the work.

But my vendor didn't pay my employer the payment till now im supposed to get for this 1 month.

The vendor never replies my/my employers call nor he replies through mail. It's already been 4 months delayed.

I have the approved time sheets as a proof of my work. My employer has the contract agreement signed between him and the vendor as a proof.

So Can anyone help me how to act on this situation ? is there a way I can recover the money from the vendor ?

Thanks
Payal

[txh1b]

It is your employer's headache to recover that money, not yours. That is the sole reason you are an employee and the employer runs a business.

If you are on H1b, all you care about is getting paid from the employer. How they recover the money from the vendor is their problem.

[payal99]

Thanks for the reply.

But my employer himself is in a situation of what to do as the vendor is not responding. So is there a way to file a case against the vendor legally ?

[txh1b]

You are a third party to the claim and you cannot sue the vendor. The employer and vendor are the direct parties in this issue and the employer can file a claim in the court against the vendor. If the vendor does not show up, then the default judgement will be given and your employer can go after the vendor putting a lien on the property or things of that nature.

You don't have a claim.

[bluewaveted]

Yep, you can't really do anything but bug your employer to keep following up on it.