Hey, y'all.
I've been an intern at a school (Netherlands) since Feb 9th, and I've worked 40-hour work weeks since. In my contract, it states that I'll be paid by the hour (±€2,75 per hour) to a maximum of €180 per month (every 23rd). All fine and stuff, but here comes the part I might need some help with.
I haven't had the chance to hand in my hours for the 3 weeks I worked, as the person I needed to hand my hours in was on holiday for 2 weeks, he needs to sign the hours because I could otherwise fraudulently hand in extra hours… makes little sense to me with 40h work weeks and a maximum of €180. They now refuse to pay me, as I didn't hand in my hours on time. The next paycheck is on Mar 23rd.
Can I do anything about this? The hour sheet is just an Excel file I need to make and fill out myself, then send it to the holiday dude.
And yes, I made sure to read through the contract and other files I had to sign. I made copies of them as well in case tomfoolery like this happens. Nothing in them states anything weird.
Thanks in advance! And I'm sorry if these kinds of posts aren't meant in this subreddit!