I have read all the postings concerning this squabble between you and Mr. Wright.
If you are the manager of this company, do the industry a favor and resign.
If you are the owner of the company, do the industry a favor and sell it.
Regardless of what position you hold, you sir, should be ashamed of yourself. Putting aside the infantile display of mindless barbs batted between the two of you, the fundamental concern and onus of management falls squarely on your shoulders. You have failed miserably with respects to restraint. Why would you come on an internet site and publicly humiliate someone for whom you obviously thought enough of to hire? Airing your dirty laundry and, quite frankly, illogical "policies and procedures" for which you have now recanted part of your position, doesnt hold water with me. You have now issued an apology for something that never should have appeared on this board. Ever. Not from someone in control. That leads me to believe you are not in control and probably are out of control.
This thread has gone on for weeks now. Apparently the man has still not been paid. As I am no lawyer, legal advise is out of the question, though from where I sit, this guy probably has a good case.
If you want to save face, write the man a check for what is owed, quit responding to this thread, sell your company and take up chicken farming.