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To expect to bloody well be paid?

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:38

Started working for a company on 1st June. Payment is a month in hand so I should have been paid on Tuesday for June's work. My payment hasn't gone in my bank though, I've contacted the payroll department and apparently there is an error with the system, but they can only do one bulk payment transfer per month so I will have to wait until the end of this month to get payment. So that means working for 3 months, including paying for childcare albeit not much, with no wages whatsoever.

I am so so angry

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MarysBeard · 02/08/2012 14:40

They should be writing you a cheque NOW. No excuses.

BlueMoon74 · 02/08/2012 14:40

I'm pretty sure they have to pay you, regardless of any issues with their systems! Ask if they can give you an immediate payment instead (separate from their payroll) - I can't remember the exact name, but basically it's like a loan that you then pay back when you get paid? (if that makes sense). This has happened to me twice in the past, two different companies, and both times this is what they did. You need to speak to someone in HR.

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:40

That was what I said to them but apparently it doesn't work that way, it's one of those things and I will just have to wait

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:41

HR said the same thing :(

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AKMD · 02/08/2012 14:41

That is shoddy. Demand that they do a 1-day transfer now.

fishybits · 02/08/2012 14:42

They write you a cheque today.

My staff got paid before I did and there was never a salary cock up.

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:42

I've tried AKMD and the answer is a no. I think I'm going to have to leave the job as I'm questioning whether they will actually pay me at the end of August either or just want a few months of free work

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AKMD · 02/08/2012 14:43

No one should be expected to wait a month for their salary, what are they playing at?! What's your line manager saying?

GetOrfMoiRing · 02/08/2012 14:43

That is absolutely not on at all, it is not true that they can only do one bank run.

I had a payroll problem once - they completely buggered up my rate in a new job, I contacted HR and payroll and although they only usually did one bank run a month, they did something and I was paid the next day.

Do you work for a small company? Not that it should make a difference but I think extra pay runs would cost more and a small company may be too mean to pay it.

AKMD · 02/08/2012 14:44

Demand to be paid by bank transfer today or you will be seeking legal advice.

GetOrfMoiRing · 02/08/2012 14:44

The cheeky bastards. I really feel for you, you must be gutted.

squeakytoy · 02/08/2012 14:45

They are talking bollocks. Yes they can only do one bulk payment run a month, but they can absolutely do one off bacs transfers, and as it is their cock-up, they should do it.

Or, they write a cheque out.

I have done payroll for over 20 years and it is standard procedure to do emergency payments when you make a mistake.

FelicitywasSarca · 02/08/2012 14:45

Totally unacceptable. Is there any kind of union you can get advice from?

I would be leaving a company with such little respect for your need to be paid anyway though.

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:45

GetOrf, it's not a small company particularly but it is owned by very nouveau riche people who clearly are still getting their wages, put it that way. I think they spend a lot of the profits so there's not much left for employees.

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delilahlilah · 02/08/2012 14:46

Speak to CAB. You can post messages on the board on MSE and representative's from CAB will reply. HTH
My previous employer used to do this when they made mistakes with hours, and that was bad enough. This is way out of order and totally untrue. They must have finalised their payroll and missed you off to be wriggling as they are.

JennerOSity · 02/08/2012 14:46

Good grief. Who is at the top of the company and can you talk to them. Who has enough money sloshing around to cover a quarter of a years expenses! Shock Not many people I bet. Surely they realise this is nonsense, there must be a contingency for extracting money from somewhere, you have to put food on the table!

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:47

I'm composing an email stating that I will not be returning, I want my wages within 24 hours and if I don't get them I will be taking them to the small claims court

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plutocrap · 02/08/2012 14:47

Waiting a month to be paid for June is a red flag, too. Those are supplier terms, not wage arrangements! You could be right about the free work.... Have you got all the correspondence in writing? Start checking out how to use the small claims court, as well... I would!

JennerOSity · 02/08/2012 14:47

What squeakytoy said is exactly right.

poorbuthappy · 02/08/2012 14:48

Its not that they can't, its that they won't.

What type of industry it it?

plutocrap · 02/08/2012 14:48

Oh, dear, lots of x=posts. That sounds very bad. Good for you, stopping work. I hope it lands them in shit.

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:48

My boss, who is one of the owners even said to me "Well do you not have savings?" when I said how difficult I am finding things. Luckily we do not need the money as such, as DH earns enough, but I took on this job as a way of funding things like treats for the children, and little bits and pieces for me that I haven't been able to afford whilst being a SAHM

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Cocacolalight · 02/08/2012 14:49

poorbuthappy, it is the beauty industry

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plutocrap · 02/08/2012 14:50

Oh, and could you see if you could shop them to HMRC as well? I had a friend working for a dosgy company which decucted his NI contributions, but didn't pay them to HMRC. He was on emergency tax for ages, but shopped the company, and took great pleasure in telling them so.

AKMD · 02/08/2012 14:50

This all sounds very dodgy. I would be out of the door and not returning.