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I didn't get cost of living payment from old company

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:51

We were told late last year that we would receive £450 in two payments - November and January's payroll. The payment was for cost of living.

My last day at the company was early January. I therefore got my salary plus owed holiday. However no cost of living. I handed in my notice at the company by giving them the required four weeks - but I took the first week in January as holiday (was booked before I handed in notice).

AIBU in thinking I should have received the cost of living payment?

The payment is the same for all staff regardless of hours worked etc. we had to change our tupe contract to get it as well.

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BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 16/02/2023 16:52

I would have thought you would need to work the whole of January to qualify.
Did you get the November payment?

Original poster
SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:53

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 16/02/2023 16:52

I would have thought you would need to work the whole of January to qualify.
Did you get the November payment?

They didn't specify....

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Useitorloseit · 16/02/2023 16:54

You perhaps should have recieved a percentage for the few days you were there in early January but I don't agree you should have recieved the full amount. It's a scheme to support their staff, you were only a staff member for a few days that month...

plumduck · 16/02/2023 16:55

You often don't get "bonuses" if you've handed in your notice so maybe it's being treated like that?

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:56

Useitorloseit · 16/02/2023 16:54

You perhaps should have recieved a percentage for the few days you were there in early January but I don't agree you should have recieved the full amount. It's a scheme to support their staff, you were only a staff member for a few days that month...

I was a member of staff for 6 years....

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Dogsarebetterthanhumans · 16/02/2023 16:57

Cost of living payments- all the ones I have comes across you have to be actively employed on the date of payment to receive it i.e. whenever your January payday fell at the end of the month.

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:57

plumduck · 16/02/2023 16:55

You often don't get "bonuses" if you've handed in your notice so maybe it's being treated like that?

Wasn't worded as a bonus.

It was a payment to all staff.

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plumduck · 16/02/2023 16:58

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:56

I was a member of staff for 6 years....

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Yeah but you quit

DaveyJonesLocker · 16/02/2023 16:59

How many days of January did you actually work?

MeinKraft · 16/02/2023 17:00

My company gave everyone a COL payment but anyone working on notice wasn't eligible. Could be that.

Original poster
SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:02

MeinKraft · 16/02/2023 17:00

My company gave everyone a COL payment but anyone working on notice wasn't eligible. Could be that.

Did they specify that?

My company didn't.

I was told in September I would get £450 in November and January's pay slip to help with the cost of living.

As they didn't specify anything other then "available to all regardless of hours work (eg part time)" I don't know why I didn't get it.

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coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 16/02/2023 17:02

I've never worked somewhere where you'd be eligible for this if you weren't still employed on the payday of the month it was due.

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:02

DaveyJonesLocker · 16/02/2023 16:59

How many days of January did you actually work?

I was employed until the first Friday

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coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 16/02/2023 17:03

I was told in September I would get £450 in November and January's pay slip to help with the cost of living.

Yes, but you left before the end of January.

BellaJuno · 16/02/2023 17:03

At my work, you had to be actively employed on the date it was being paid and not working your notice to get it. I presume it’s the same for many firms.

Swiftswatch · 16/02/2023 17:03

Sounds like a discretionary bonus payment so it’s not surprising you don’t get the January one considering you left in early jan. I imagine being on the payroll properly was the first requirement for the payment.

Oblomov23 · 16/02/2023 17:04

You can't be serious. To even think you would get this. Finished on Friday 6th. No.

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

Oblomov23 · 16/02/2023 17:04

You can't be serious. To even think you would get this. Finished on Friday 6th. No.

Why not?

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 16/02/2023 17:03

I was told in September I would get £450 in November and January's pay slip to help with the cost of living.

Yes, but you left before the end of January.

I still got a January payslip

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DancingOnThinIce73 · 16/02/2023 17:07

But you didn’t actually work any days in January did you? You had the first week of the month as holiday.

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SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:07

DancingOnThinIce73 · 16/02/2023 17:07

But you didn’t actually work any days in January did you? You had the first week of the month as holiday.

I did. My last day was 6th January,

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plumduck · 16/02/2023 17:07

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

Why not?

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Because its not your pay. Its extra pay.

JazzyGeoff · 16/02/2023 17:07

We received a COL payment in January, but the company was very specific that employees needed to be in employment with the company on XX January 2023 and not have resigned from their employment before that date in order to qualify.

Was there really no terms given? What about those on sickness leave, dependants leave etc?

Howmanysleepsnow · 16/02/2023 17:08

But surely they only gave the payment to staff members? You were no longer a staff member when this was paid, so I see no reason to expect them to give you it!

Headabovetheparakeet · 16/02/2023 17:09

If they added it to your contract then the wording of that is the only important thing here.