I’m not sure of the legalities of this but I recently started at a new job.
I never signed a contract and the wage was minimum wage and I was trained by the woman doing the job. She did train me on the days I would be doing.
Unfortunately my circumstances changed, my partner left and I had no one to watch my kids on the evening. This was completely unexpected and I had to leave the job. Obviously I had let the job down and I was very sorry about this. I never signed a contract and after joining I learned it was all cash in hand and he paid late.
I was not paid for the hours i worked on payday, i was ignored and finally went to see him where he said he wouldnt be paying me for the work when I was getting trained because he hasnt gotten what I was trained for i said this seemed illegal and he said if you want to mention legal issues the business is owed compensation too. How true is this?