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

121 replies

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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Flavabobble · 16/02/2023 17:09

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

Why not?

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There's about a dozen replies telling you why not - you were in your notice period.

Lolacat1234 · 16/02/2023 17:10

At my work you had to be not working your notice and be employed on the payday of that month to receive. No way you would be eligible only working a week at the beginning of Jan, assuming your payday is towards the end of the month.

Butchyrestingface · 16/02/2023 17:10

@SisterAct123 When would you normally be paid - end of the month, 30th or thereabouts?

Dinkeigh · 16/02/2023 17:12

No I wouldnt expect you get this, you didn't work January. At most I'd have hoped for a % based on the % of Jan worked (so £102 before tax), but at worst no as you were not working there at the point of pay being run.

Butitsnotfunnyisititsserious · 16/02/2023 17:20

No, I can't think why you'd believe you should get it for working a couple of days in January. You weren't a staff member when it was paid. Unless they gave it to random people who don't work for them, there's no reason why you'd get it imo.

DaveyJonesLocker · 16/02/2023 17:25

So you didn't actually go INTO work at all during January?

You're being a bit dense to not understand why you didn't get it. You didnt go to work.

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 16/02/2023 17:31

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

I still got a January payslip

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It doesn't matter, you left on January 6th!

I can't believe you think you're entitled to a COL payment for that.

plumduck · 16/02/2023 17:33

Why don't you email them and ask

DDivaStar · 16/02/2023 17:36

There will be terms and conditions attached to the payment and you obviously didn't qualify.

Testina · 16/02/2023 17:37

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 17:05

I still got a January payslip

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You didn’t really.
You got a payslip in January.
It’s pretty standard that you have to be employed on the date of a payment, to receive the payment, unless otherwise specified.
Is your usual monthly pay date within 1st-6th Jan?

Testina · 16/02/2023 17:39

Even if you can’t find anything in writing specific to leavers, if it says, “paid to employees in Nov and Jan pay” then by the time of Jan pay (contracted Jan pay, not a final closing out a leaver pay) you were not an employee.

TurtleTriplets · 16/02/2023 17:48

I wouldn't have been expecting to receive this in your shoes, I am surprised you were.

Oopsididitagaintomorrow · 16/02/2023 17:51

You were not an employee when the COL payment was made, it's that simple.
The only reason you had a payslip in January was to show payment for A/L that you took

Rainbowshit · 16/02/2023 17:55

I wouldn't have been expecting to receive this. You don't normally get payments like this unless you are actively employed on the date and not working out your notice.

SofiaSoFar · 16/02/2023 18:00

No company I've ever worked at - at any level - would pay discretionary pay to anyone who was working their notice or had left when the payment was due.

Bard6817 · 16/02/2023 18:02

it’s common for staff on notice period to miss out on bonus, ex gratia, etc.

CrinkleCutChips · 16/02/2023 18:04

The only people that can give you the answer you need are your old company. What can people on here advise you?

DancingOnThinIce73 · 16/02/2023 18:13

I don’t understand how you can say you were working until the 6th but also that you took the first week as holiday..

ChilliBandit · 16/02/2023 18:19

Another person who is not at all surprised you didn’t get it. Never worked anywhere that gave bonuses/discretionary payments to people working notice. Getting a January payslip means nothing. My last job I got a September payslip despite having left in August. It was holiday pay they had left off August.

gogohmm · 16/02/2023 18:33

I suspect you needed to be employed until the January payday, you weren't

Mulhollandmagoo · 16/02/2023 18:35

SisterAct123 · 16/02/2023 16:57

Wasn't worded as a bonus.

It was a payment to all staff.

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My old place did things like this often, but you didn't qualify if you were on your notice period

cocksstrideintheevening · 16/02/2023 18:36

I'm astounded you think you would be eligible

Testina · 16/02/2023 18:38

DancingOnThinIce73 · 16/02/2023 18:13

I don’t understand how you can say you were working until the 6th but also that you took the first week as holiday..

Because she was working for the company, just on normal annual leave. Working for as in employed by, not as in actually delivering tasks.
But that’s irrelevant, because the point is she wasn’t employed (actually working or on leave) at the time of the COL payment.

Okunevo · 16/02/2023 18:43

Aren't these payments usually to retain employees if they may be tempted to look for better pay elsewhere? You had already handed in notice and then were no longer an employee on payday.

Dogsarebetterthanhumans · 16/02/2023 18:44

I feel this one can be put to bed now; the OP wasn’t actively employed at the time the payment was made, so she didn’t get paid.

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