GUY WORKED PART-TIME BUT BOSS ACT BLUR & REFUSED TO PAY HIM EVEN AFTER 2 WEEKS

Worked part-time ad hoc job and did not receive pay. What can I do?

I worked part-time for a company about 2.5 weeks ago for 2 days. The boss said she would pay out the salary 1 week after the event so that she could settle other stuff first.

Giving the benefit of the doubt, the other part timers and I waited. But 1 week after the event, she did not update the others and I about the payment she promised to pay out.

Only when another part timer voiced out in the whatsapp group of not receiving the pay did she start to reimburse them.

As the week went by, I kept checking my transactions to see if the amount was transferred into my bank account, but unfortunately, it wasn’t (and still have not received it btw).

So I decided to text her last week to check with her for updates. She kept giving replies like ‘I will check with finance and get back to you tomorrow’ – in which she never did till I retexted her.

This happened for about 3 times (6 days) before I had enough of her bullshit. So I texted her yesterday regarding my salary. She replied saying ‘finance has paid out to all, it is not possible that all has received except you right?’

I kept asking her about it and she gave her standard reply again – ‘i will ask finance and get back to you, probably in 1 to 2 working days because the account for the event has closed’ which is quite ridiculous honestly.

So here I am, waiting for her reply tomorrow. Do you think I’ll ever get my money? What can I do if she keeps dragging this on?

Some additional information:

1. I was not hired under the same circumstances as the other part-timers (they went through an app) while I met the boss from another event I was working at.
2. I am receiving a higher pay than the other part-timers because she agreed to match the salary I was receiving at the job she met me at
3. I have proof that she hired me for the job and agreed to pay me the higher salary (from whatsapp messages)

Questions:

1. If I decided to name and shame this company, telling all the companies associated to them how they treat their workers etc., will I suffer from any consequences? (be it suing for defamation etc.)