Shut pub owes me £2k
The Wee Mill employees owed back money
A Rutherglen man says he is owed almost £2,000 in wages after the demise of a local pub.
Thibaut Dexter Alix Skellington is one of four people the Reformer understands have been left out of pocket after taking jobs at The Wee Mill when it was under the management of Riad Djennas.
Thibaut claims he is owed £1,875 and has fallen into debt because of the lost wages.
Staff at a Rutherglen pub say they are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid wages.
Former workers of The Wee Mill at Farme Cross say the pub shut unexpectedly on December 31, when staff were expecting to receive a month’s salary.
Thibaut Dexter Alix Skellington is one of four people the Reformer understands have been left out of pocket after taking jobs at the pub when it was under the management of Riad Djennas.
Thibaut claims he is owed £1,875 as a result of working 250 hours at a rate of £7.50 per hour.
The loss of wages, he says, meant he had to seek a crisis loan from South Lanarkshire Council in order to buy food and basic essentials.
“At the moment I’m nearly two months behind on rent,” he said. “I haven’t been able to pay for gas and electricity. I am not able to pay my bills and have debt collectors at the door.
“My phone and broadband have been disconnected.
“I started working in a call centre, but that’s a monthly salary and I won’t be paid for a while.
“When I pay the rent from that, I’ll still be a month behind.”
Thibaut began working at The Wee Mill in mid November when he claims Mr Djennas took over the running of the bar.
He initially paid Thibaut cash in hand on an ad hoc basis because Thibaut had been paid weekly in his previous job.
Thibaut added: “He agreed to pay me weekly for the first month.
“But the money paid was to help me out with bills not for hours worked.
“Because he was giving me a bit of cash I didn’t bother too much. We talked about it and he said I’ll give you the rest of it at the end of December. I was expecting it then and now he is refusing to pay what he owes.”
The Reformer has seen correspondence between Mr Djennas and three other employees who all claim they are owed between £105 and £750.
Mr Djennas has refused to confirm whether or not he owes staff money, but in a Facebook message confirmed he is “struggling”.
Stating the pub has not closed, he said his former employees were “trying to take advantage of the situation”.
Former employees trying to take advantage of the situation