Quick employment question

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I've been a bit out of the job market for a while and don't quite know what the score is anymore.

I finished a role end of last year - 31st December conveniently. They paid on the last day of the month, and you got a payslip email the week before.

On leaving I had 4 days holiday accrued, plus some expenses which had been approved on the payroll app by my manager. The same app showed me as having 4 days holiday in hand.

I did send an email confirming I was due expenses and holiday just before leaving and got a confirmation that was the case.

However it's now 28th and not a squeak. Including no P45 ....

Ideally I should wait until Monday, but that's not great for my anxiety. Which also makes it hard to just call up ...

Also the personnel side of the business was a bit chaotic at the best of times.

I am pretty certain it used to be that final payslips etc were handled seperately from the routine ones ? Could that explain why things seem a bit slow ?

Do you even get a paper P45 these days ? When I started I'd been out of work so long I'd lost the last one - no idea where it went.

Yes you do get a paper p45.

I've just had to request mine from my previous role having had time off

I have to wait at least 10 days for it to arrive. It seems very antiquated but that's just how it is

Expenses are handled differently from payslips (pay is taxable, expenses aren't) but you should have got your pay in lieu of holiday in your last pay. Expenses may take longer depending on how often they do a payment run.
If they are in the system I'll sure you'll get paid in the end because the books won't balance otherwise. Ditto holiday pay.
Assuming the employer is reputable that is.

If payday is end of the month, that will be Monday and I would expect final payment then with a payslip also due to arrive in the post on Monday and the P45 to follow after that.

Just ring them and ask them in case someone has forgotten to finalise things at their end. I would also ask can they scan and email you the P45 before they post it. The post has been terrible for the last few weeks.

Thanks for replies ...

Not a disreputable employer so I'm not worried about that. Disorganised yes.

I think I can hang on a few more days ...

@QuizzicalEyebrows

Yes you do get a paper p45.

I've just had to request mine from my previous role having had time off

I have to wait at least 10 days for it to arrive. It seems very antiquated but that's just how it is

Not always. We have e-p45s in the same way we have e-payslips. People need to log on and download them

Maybe there's someone listening ?

Just had an email from the accountant with a e-P45 attached. No mention of expenses or last remaining pay.

I'll wait until Tuesday, and the chase, just in case there is a month end thing.

I've just checked the figures on the P45 and they don't include any extra pay for the 4 days holiday.

I've just plucked up the courage to ping an email pointing this out (by replying to their email acknowledging the 4 days).

Quick update ...

Had an email from the accounts department this morning with a spreadsheet for me to fill in for my expenses. However I was chatting with a friend over the weekend and they kindly said they'd help out. As soon as they saw the email they replied for me pointing out the expenses had been submitted and approved on their own HR system before I left - which also showed the 4 days outstanding holiday.

Not quite sure what happened but within an hour a payslip and new correct P45 have been issued.

My friend says they tried it on because I'm a woman. But given I worked there, this is pretty much the level of incompetence I saw daily.

Many thanks to everyone who replied. I hate confrontation and get very anxious very quickly so this wasn't a good place for me.