Former employee asking for payment for a job he supposedly did.
Employer unhappy with the former employee's productivity and claims no job was actually accomplished.
Hard to say really which one is in the right or in the wrong since there is no tangible evidence of the work that was done [or not done].
I don't think we have the whole picture here.
For example, Sorsis (betnomi) avoids answering whether chat messages posted by OmenRain are authentic or not.
Then we have this:
After a brief discussion about his experience etc, it was clear this person is unqualified for this position,
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We are a business and not a charity.
I wonder why he hired him in the first place? It should be noted that the agreement is not made for piecework pay but on a monthly basis.
In light of all these, we made the decision to part ways with him yesterday.
So, if he did hired him, then he is obliged to pay him until the moment of termination of the contract. That's the law.