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AIBU?

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To request she's fired.

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Twocatsonebaby · 07/03/2018 10:22

So I'm 37 weeks pregnant. Came off maternity last November and took holiday which I was entitled to until early December. I was 24 weeks pregnant when I found out I was carrying ds. As soon as I had my midwife appointment I handed in my matb1. In which my HR manager lost it. Not once. Not twice. But today I'm picking up my third to send it off as an emergency to my main head office.
Filled in my paperwork, it's not been sent off.
I've been underpaid during the SMP qualifying period and there's no evidence of the backdated pay I got on my payslips. Which I'm now worried could put me in trouble in terms of tax.
She wouldn't give me my backdated pay for months and each month I was underpaid I had to pay my bills off a credit card. It's mounted up and I'm in trouble.
My pay came in January thankfully.
So I told her at 33 weeks I wanted to take holiday until 35 weeks and then start maternity leave. This covers me to be entitled to SMP again. But wait, she underpaid me! So I won't be getting SMP!

I phoned head office today to try and sort it to find out they didn't even know I'm pregnant! I won't be getting paid at all next week. I'm struggling enough as it is. So I can't pay my rent etc. An ds is due at the end of the month. I'm fucked.

Ive been told to write it down, send off another matb1 directly to them and write down all my greivences. Which includes forcing me to take an antenatal appointment unpaid (I couldn't rebook my gtt and they refused me on it several times). Which I'm now told by my midwife it is illegal.

Should I also request some sort of compensation for this? I'm with a union. But this isn't the first time I've been screwed around and HR should've sent off the paperwork months ago. It's discrimination. Could I also request for her to be let go?
If I can't be paid I'm going to have to ask to be let go as I'd get jsa. Which is better than £0.
I'm so worried because I'm in trouble with my credit card due to being underpaid and unexpectant bills came out. I can't pay my rent. I don't know how they expect me to live.
Is it also worth me phoning acas?

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Twocatsonebaby · 07/03/2018 18:18

To be honest they're in the press a lot now anyway. They're stuffed as a company and I've seen online they owe their workers lots of pay. But it was a thing in Facebook, not entirely sure how true it is. Press is the least thing I want. I'd consider it if nothing was done but at 37 weeks pregnant.. I just want to relax.

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GinandGingerBeer · 07/03/2018 18:21

Twocats. I. The morning get your dp to call the freephone benefit enquiry line and ask for a short term benefit advance.
It's going to be a nightmare rating a claim for IB JSA as you currently don't know what your income is I guess, but they should offer you an advance.

prh47bridge · 07/03/2018 18:24

No-one is above head office. That's why they are called head office. The people who work there are answerable to the directors (the executive directors, including the one responsible for HR, will almost certainly be based at head office) who are responsible to the shareholders (who can't help you at all).

AnnieAnoniMouse · 07/03/2018 18:29

You have emailed HO - presumably payroll & HR?

Give it until mid day tomorrow & if you haven’t got any response call them. If the conversation isn’t satufsfactory, write an email to the CEO and ask nicely if they’ll get involved because it’s not being resolved.

If you haven’t had a reply by 4:30 send another one threatening legal action.

Tonight watch some crap tv, have something nice for dinner and try to let your body relax.

KenAdams · 07/03/2018 18:29

Oh God this sounds familiar. Which industry do you work in?

Namechange101110 · 07/03/2018 18:30

OP, this is awful.
I wonder if going to see your MP/MSP/MLA/AM would help? It sounds like you're been treated like they can just sweep you under the carpet and getting a heavy hitter in might help.
I know it might seem a bit extreme but you're running out of time to allow this to run its natural course. In my case we had enough money to keep going but it took 4 months of wrangling backwards and forwards to get them to a) believe they had underpaid me b) organise a payment. At each step of the way they assured me it would all be sorted out by next week

LoveProsecco · 07/03/2018 18:39

Great post from Attitude at 11.08

Focus your energy on the problem and the solutions, not what happens to the HR person.

This must be so stressful for you but at least you're sorting this out now before the baby arrives. Also tell your bank and any companies you owe payments to as they may be able to halt payments until your situation is sorted.

seesea · 07/03/2018 19:03

Great that you have contacted head office as now they know you are pregnant.

I still don't know who you contacted in your Head Office but for now you need to make sure you email or call a Director (Finance, HR, or the CEO's office) or at the very least the Head of Payroll.

Tell them you are pregnant, stressed and have extenuating circumstances and you need an advance.

Tell them it is urgent and ask for their help. Repeat this is urgent.

Tell them it are exhausted and can't believe a straight forward pay process has been taxing.

Then at a later date all your pay can be properly looked into.

Tell them you presented two Mat1 b forms - tell them your midwife and go said they wouldn't issue another but you will try obtain another one in due course but you are about to have a baby, having suffered grief and hat you are your families sole breadwinner.

To whoever you speak to let them know you have a family and are a mother and going to have a baby.

Ask them to put themselves in your shoes.

Plead with them for an urgent advance where you specify the amount you need and say that will give them time to get their act together pay wise.

I would also add that you never want this to happen to any other employee.

Say you don't want to go into early labour as a result of not having your pay sorted.

redastherose · 07/03/2018 19:26

Unions sometimes have emergency funds, worth asking.

Whatshallidonowpeople · 07/03/2018 19:32

Where's your partner? Why can't he help with money?

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Twocatsonebaby · 07/03/2018 20:13

I went through customer services (head office phone call) who then went higher. I however don't think they concerned me with payroll. The man who is sorting it didn't specify what department he was on. He was just shocked to know what's gone on and everything should be dealt with via him but I think it was most likely passed on to payroll. It was a number of other issues also (like my HR manager opening a case on me for failing to inform me of my shift changes, despite my hours being set each week for the same time to fit around dd childcare as dp was still in a job) so I presume it's gone to the right places.

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SeniorRita · 07/03/2018 20:22

What does 'opening a case on me' mean?

seesea · 07/03/2018 20:27

OP I will say it one last time I really really think you need to speak to (or email) a Director.

I really wouldn't assume it has gone to the right places - look what happened to your 2 Mat 1b forms.

If you don't know what department the man who is sorting it is on then I don't think you can be completely confident of things being sorted urgently.

As you say there seems to be a lot of issues but for now I would focus on getting an advance by speaking to a Director or at the very least the head of payroll.

You need money - you can always bring a claim or speak to them about HR Mamager and case files later and bring in your union too. For now you need money.

If you don't have the energy I think a family member should help you out here.i hope ou get this sorted and get some rest before the baby comes

Take care

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Twocatsonebaby · 07/03/2018 20:44

Not too sure I think disciplinary but thankfully I photographed the times on my old phone which I took in. They dropped It instantly. So they tried to cop me out there. I will, I will phone the director tomorrow. I've calmed down a lot now and stopped panicking and getting angry and upset so I'm able to view the situation more clearly.
Nothing will be done. If there's no response by 12 like a pervious poster said, then I'm coming down on them like a tonne of bricks. If it was them, they'd want it sorted out and it needs to be sorted out. Not for me, but for my children and having a roof on their heads which I'm struggling to provide due to her laziness or incompetence. Maybe both. Thank you x

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MaitlandGirl · 13/03/2018 04:13

Have you managed to get things sorted out?

Angrybird345 · 13/03/2018 07:02

What happened?

Oooeeeerrrrrindeed · 13/03/2018 07:06

Don't make any comment at all about her. Get all the facts down (dates sent, copies you have etc) detail the errors and the impact. Get it all to the union. Do not deal with HR without a rep again while this is going on. To be honest they wont fire just retrain.

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