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Payday-aibu

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morethanspice · 14/09/2025 05:52

I work in the care sector and payday falls on a weekend day this month. I’m new to this company but a colleague told me our pay would be in on Friday. It wasn’t and hasn’t appeared over the weekend. I’m assuming Monday now but that will mess up my direct debits as they come out of a different account. My manager is on holiday and doesn’t want to be contacted unless it’s an emergency which obviously it isn’t but it’s caused some anxiety for me. Is it unreasonable to want paid on or before the payday or is it reasonable to have to wait in these circumstances?

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morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:51

It’s a small company. I think there are about ten to twelve staff. And my colleagues I have spoken to have been with the company quite a while and fully expected their pay on Friday.

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topcat2014 · 14/09/2025 06:42

While small firms do payroll via faster payments, reasonable size ones use BACS which is a three day payment. The pay day is set by the employer. If they wanted to pay on Friday they would have done. Some banks allow their customers to draw against an incoming payment the day before.

I'm an accountant and hate shoddy employers who can't get this stuff correct!

overnightangel · 14/09/2025 06:41

I worked in care for 5-6 years and was constantly battling pay being incorrectly calculated but only once hadn’t been paid in time and I chased up a BACS transfer asap, if they say “we only do BACS transfers on a Tuesday” don’t accept that, demand they organise this straight away.

overnightangel · 14/09/2025 06:39

20% of people voting YABU, WTF is wrong with them?

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morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:37

Colleagues not been paid either

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dizzydizzydizzy · 14/09/2025 06:27

As PPs have said, I think it is due to your bank. I used to be self-employed and had one main customer. I changed my bank to the same one my customer had because I found that with my old account the transfer from him to me would often take until the following morning. When I got my new account, the money arrived within minutes.

If the money is not in your account first thing Monday, I would assume that your employer has messed up the payroll. That certainly happened quite often with one of my employers.

PositiveAttitude · 14/09/2025 06:21

This is probably due to the bank that you are with and out of the control of payroll. Some banks process the payments early (Friday) but others process it for the money to be in your account first thing Monday.

I do payroll for a number of companies and this is the one question I get asked a lot. Unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do about it. But I do say to people that if the bank is processing it into your bank on the Monday they will also be processing the weekend payments out on a Monday.

Laundrywitch · 14/09/2025 06:17

Have your colleagues received their pay?

yikesss · 14/09/2025 06:12

morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:09

I’m not that new, this will be my third payday. Two colleagues have actually said the pay goes in early if payday is a weekend day. I had not given it any thought but think im
a little nervous as the manager is not around. If it’s not in tomorrow I will contact him then.

It could be due to their bank, I know some make payments early. Im with Barclays and if im due on Monday I get paid Saturday

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morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:09

I’m not that new, this will be my third payday. Two colleagues have actually said the pay goes in early if payday is a weekend day. I had not given it any thought but think im
a little nervous as the manager is not around. If it’s not in tomorrow I will contact him then.

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BallerinaRadio · 14/09/2025 06:04

I would probably have checked with a manager rather than taking the word of a colleague if it's a big issue for you but there's not a lot you can do now

Strawberries86 · 14/09/2025 06:01

Are you do new that you started after payroll closed maybe?