Hi all,
I still own a house in the DR together with my ex-wife. We both live abroard.
During her recent trip she kicked out the guy taking care of our house and placed somebody else there against my will. Apart from the other problems related to this I would like to help the man to make her pay the severance/liquidation pay.
He worked for us for 11 years and earned 5000 RD$/month. Someone (not sure who) calculated that he would get 61000 RD$. When he went to the labor office (in Nagua) they told him to go to a lawyer. The lawyer said that he would need to calculate again but that it would be more money than the 61000. The lawyer asks for 5000 RD$ + 15% of the money.
My questions:
- As far as I found out in this forum, the amound of 61000 RD$ is realistic. Could be a little more if he claims that he never had vacation (would be hard to proof).
- What should he expect from the lawyer for this amount of money? I think that just for calculating the severance pay it's quite expensive.
- He has been told that only my ex-wife has to pay him as she fired him (If not, no problem, he owes my some money which I will not see again anyway). As she left the DR, what could be the way to go? How can he force her to pay? Should he do any legal action now or wait until she comes back (which might be next year)?
My biggest concern is that he wastes RD$ 15000 for the lawyer without any helpful results, because to pay the lawyer I would have to send him that money.
Thank you for your input.
Tibu
I still own a house in the DR together with my ex-wife. We both live abroard.
During her recent trip she kicked out the guy taking care of our house and placed somebody else there against my will. Apart from the other problems related to this I would like to help the man to make her pay the severance/liquidation pay.
He worked for us for 11 years and earned 5000 RD$/month. Someone (not sure who) calculated that he would get 61000 RD$. When he went to the labor office (in Nagua) they told him to go to a lawyer. The lawyer said that he would need to calculate again but that it would be more money than the 61000. The lawyer asks for 5000 RD$ + 15% of the money.
My questions:
- As far as I found out in this forum, the amound of 61000 RD$ is realistic. Could be a little more if he claims that he never had vacation (would be hard to proof).
- What should he expect from the lawyer for this amount of money? I think that just for calculating the severance pay it's quite expensive.
- He has been told that only my ex-wife has to pay him as she fired him (If not, no problem, he owes my some money which I will not see again anyway). As she left the DR, what could be the way to go? How can he force her to pay? Should he do any legal action now or wait until she comes back (which might be next year)?
My biggest concern is that he wastes RD$ 15000 for the lawyer without any helpful results, because to pay the lawyer I would have to send him that money.
Thank you for your input.
Tibu