Underpaid at work due to bullying

[custardbear]

Hi
I'm having massive problems with the senior manager at work. She's been bullying me, as well as many (30 plus) other people at work, massive complaint going through.
I've recently had a change in role, due to bullying pressures. My hours haven't changed. This person bullying allowed paperwork to go through so I've been underpaid - to correct this she's have to sign off new paperwork but is quibbling about how long my new (secondment) role will last. She's delayed signing 1,5 weeks, so I've been underpaid this month, and payroll can't pay me til she signs, yet she's being awkward and trying to shorten my secondment unnecessarily. I'm pushing back, but HR asking if I'd just let the bully get their way so I'm paid correctly
SURELY this is wrong?! I've been full time here (large company) for 11 years, not signed anything to say I've reduced hours

Go to your new manager and ask if they have the authority to sign off on the paper work. If they don't who has the authority to fill in the paperwork e.g. your ex-managers manager, the CEO?

Second tell HR that you will end up having to add this incident to your bullying complaint. Plus you want them to cover any financial damages which occur as a result of the company failing to pay your wages.

Are you dealing with the head of HR? Because this playing silly buggers is just adding evidence against the company.

Does your company have an internal legal department or who apart from HR is dealing with the bullying claims?

Thanks @SolasAnla - unfortunately she's put herself into a position where she signs everything off. I'm dealing with HR and have added this (plus other bullying things she's done like pulling access to work databases I needed for my job so took over a month in new post to get into these databases I need, contacting me directly r en though she'd been told my HR not to, interfering with my interview, rejecting things I'd submitted even though it's someone else's job to make judgment ... the list goes on, and that all happened in less than a month - she's just nit picking and interfering unnecessarily. I wrote to HR about the lack of pay potentially affecting my financial situation. I emailed the head of HR and deputy, never heard back from the head, only deputy. I'm at a loss why this person can have so much control even though there are so many complaints

If the deputy has not resolved it, pick up the phone and call the head of HR.
Or better still if you are in the same office knock in and stand outside until you get face time.

Be focused on the failure to pay the salary and only that.

E.g.
"I know you may be aware that there are other issues.
However I am not going to discuss them now.
I have one issue I need you to deal with.
I am entitled to be paid X this month.
Your staff [ name ] has informed me I will be paid Y
Or
I was only paid Y
How are you going to resolve this as the company is not meeting it's contractual obligation."

Then stop talking and let her/him answer.

Once any mention of manager occurs or anything not about your pay you counter to close it down and go back to not being paid.

"I expect that you take responsibility as Head of HR
How are you going to resolve this as the company is not meeting it's contractual obligation."

"That issue is not relevant to me not being paid this month. I expect that you take responsibility ... contractual obligation."

Have some other stock phrases to shut down justifications for the managers interference.

A simple one is asking it the company has clear and documented lines of delegated authority.

Delegated authority comes from the owner/ board and gives staff the right to sign off on payments etc.

So the managers manager can sign off any document the manager can. And the head of HR would have authority to pay wages.

If there is "can HofHR explain how that applies to your salary payment?"
Then ask them to get X to sign off.
If there is not "who has the ultimate authority?"
Then ask them to get X to sign off.

Internal approval will have a hit by a bus safeguard which will be that HR and Finance can make a payment once they can prove it's not a fraudulent one.

Sounds as if the new role that you have been seconded to has fewer hours that the post you've (temporarily) moved from, so an increase would need to be approved by someone. Is that the case, OP?