A warrant could be ordered for Senator Walton Brown's arrest after he failed to appear at a scheduled court hearing yesterday.

The Government Senator has been battling with a former employee over non-payment of wages since 2008.

Christian Pears, who now resides in Australia, claims she is owed $2,000 in salary for her work as editor of Mr. Brown's Bermuda Network News website.

Magistrate Juan Wolffe said the court was satisfied that Mr. Brown had received notice of yesterday's hearing. He told a representative for Ms Pears that one of her options was to file a warrant of arrest for the senator.

The Senator later told The Royal Gazette "There is no legal action between myself and Ms Pears. There may have been a matter between her and MediaCom, but I was not required to be in court.

"I received no summons."

Ms Pears has said she was owed more than $10,000 by MediaCom in wages. Last year, the Senator admitted he stopped paying her because she had threatened to take him to court.

In her original court claim in 2008, Ms Pears states she was frequently paid late and her employer failed to register her with the Department of Social Insurance or arrange health coverage.

The argued she was owed for relocation and medical expenses, erroneous social insurance deductions as well as thousand of dollars in unpaid wages.

The row ended with an out-of-court agreement. Yesterday, Ms Pears' representatives claimed she is still owed $2,000.

Mr. Wolffe presented two options now open to Ms Pears: She could either file for a warrant of arrest or a writ of execution.

He explained that the prior could lead to Mr. Brown being arrested. The latter would lead to MediaCom, if it still exists, having to auction off property to pay the remaining debt.

Mr. Brown had also been scheduled to appear in court on June 11 regarding Ms Pears' claim. At that time Mr. Wolffe decided that Mr. Brown might not have received a summons to court.

The Royal Gazette was unable to contact Ms Pears before press time.