I've seen administrators/receivers try to do this elsewhere, in another industry.
"Hey mate, I know you're not getting paid for your last month's work, but we need you to do xxx, we'll bung you a handful of twenties[#] up front, OK?"
"Piss off sunshine, when you're ready to make good all my back pay as well here's my phone number, in the meantime I'm off to a job interview. Bye!"
[#] This was a long time ago.