Is it possible to find out how much I am being paid?

[ironpony]

So right now I am on unemployment insurance, but have got a temporary filmmaking job, working on a production.  The production shut down because of the corona virus until further notice.  In order to get unemployment insurance and fill out the forms properly, I have to tell them how much I am going to be paid for this production I worked on.

However, they all shut down and went home so I do not know how much I am being paid, or when it's coming in.  I tried talking to the producer, but in order to do that, I have to go through the assistant director, who then has to go through someone and it goes up a chain of command.  It took a while but I got a hold of the producer on his office phone answering machine.  But he hasn't gotten back to me yet and I don't even know if his office is open cause of the virus.

Is there thing I can do that I am missing, to find out how much I am going to be paid, in order to fill out these reports? 

[basil67]

If you don't know how much you're getting paid, it sounds like you haven't signed an employment contract with them yet.   This makes me suspect that you're not officially employed with them yet.  If not, I'm not sure that you can use this job's payment information.  

(disclaimer - I'm not in Canada, so laws may be different)

[ironpony]

I signed a contract and handed it back to them.  I don't have a copy of it, but I was just very eager to want a job, that I guess it didn't occur to me a few weeks later that I would be back on unemployment insurance, and they would pack up and leave and I would need to know how much I was being paid right away after.

But aside from that though, I have to fill out the report and turn it in, and it's two days late already because of this. The report cannot be sent in on their site and their site says I HAVE to fill out much how much I will be payed for the work.  So what do I do then?

Edited March 18, 2020 by ironpony

[justwhoiam]

19 hours ago, ironpony said:

I signed a contract and handed it back to them.  I don't have a copy of it

Seriously?? How can you do business like that?? Always keep a copy of the contracts you sign!!! You could have taken a pic of from your phone or something...

Now, try to remember, was it signed by them or did you sign it first? When you sign a contract, always make sure they sign it first so it's automatically active when you sign. If they were going to sign after you, they might not have signed it! So that contract is like toilet paper. So, was it signed by them? If so, make up an excuse, like, can you send me a copy of the contract because the copy I saved on phone is a bit cut on the right side...

If it wasn't signed... try with: Hi, can you send me a copy with the signed contract?

And then see what happens...

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I have to fill out the report and turn it in, and it's two days late already because of this. The report cannot be sent in on their site and their site says I HAVE to fill out much how much I will be payed for the work.  So what do I do then?

What report? Internal report for the company in order to get paid or for unemployment insurance? If it's the latter, don't send anything. I don't think you must declare that if you haven't gotten paid yet. You can do it next month if you get anything. Some jobs pay right away, so I think what counts is when you cash in the money, then you declare it.

Edited March 19, 2020 by justwhoiam

[ironpony]

2 minutes ago, justwhoiam said:

Seriously?? How can you do business like that?? Always keep a copy of the contracts you sign!!! You could have taken a pic of from your phone or something...

Now, try to remember, was it signed by them or did you sign it first? When you sign a contract, always make sure they sign it first so it's automatically active when you sign. If they were going to sign after you, they might not have signed it! So that contract is like toilet paper. So, was it signed by them? If so, make up an excuse, like, can you send me a copy of the contract because the copy I saved on phone is a bit cut on the right side...

If it wasn't signed... try with: Hi, can you send me a copy with the signed contract?

And then see what happens...

What report? Internal report for the company in order to get paid or for unemployment insurance? If it's the latter, don't send anything. I don't think you must declare that if you haven't gotten paid yet. You can do it next month if you get anything. Some jobs pay right away, so I think what counts is when you cash in the money, then you declare it.

I signed it first and handed it back.  The took it away.  However, the money has now entered my account so it's all good now I guess.  Sorry for bringing it up, as I didn't know it would enter my account this soon.

[justwhoiam]

45 minutes ago, ironpony said:

I signed it first and handed it back.  The took it away.  However, the money has now entered my account so it's all good now I guess.  Sorry for bringing it up, as I didn't know it would enter my account this soon.

Lesson learned. Guess if they hadn't sign it. You wouldn't have gotten anything. Be wiser!

[ironpony]

Oh okay thanks.  Well I just really wanted a job after not having one for a while, so I guess I didn't want to be too picky, about contracts.

[Art_Critic]

Seems to me it should be zero on any form you fill out, you haven't gotten paid, you are not working as it's shutdown and there is no guarantee of a paycheck.

ZERO..  don;t hurt your future benefits over something that is an unsure thing at this point

 

[alphamale]

go out and buy some N95 masks ironpony

[ironpony]

Oh I meant how do I figure out how much I get paid, for the work I did before the shutdown.  But the money is now in my account, so it's all good now.  Thanks everyone for the input :).