I didn't get paid today and according to my boss, i won't for at least 6 weeks

[saltire]

I was on a temporary contract, where I got paid weekly. 2 weeks ago, I went onto a permanent contract, which I signed the day before I went off for 2 weeks because of holidays (so i haven't been in work since 4th April).
I called today to speak to boss and she said becasue I was on permanent contract, I would get paid monthly. For the first 4 months I would be paid at the end of the month, then after that, in the middle (15th) of month. She then went on to say that I wouldn't howeveer be paid now until end of may as it takes a while to get sorted out. How can it possibly take so long to get sorted out?
So that's 6 weeks without pay! She then said "oh and by the way, if you leave within 12 months you have to pay back all your holiday pay"
I'm wondering if they would just take it all out of my bank account, or how they would do it.
I am planning to leave soon, once my childminding registration comes through - which is what I should be doing,
Am really p'd off though, bloody paypal have frozen some money on my paypal account , so i can't transfer that!

I think thats about the norm, we had to wait about 6 weeks for dh payy when he started a new job. other wise give acas a call they are fantastic with things like this,

Thing is though, i'm not starting a new job, I've just gone onto a permanent contract - my hours and amount I get hourly are still the same

Normal I'm afraid

You could request a salary advance though.

sounds like a normal practice but why did yoiu go on a permanent contract if you are about to leave?

you have to spread your annual leave over 12 months. you are allowed a certain amount a month so if you leave having taken your entire quota in a short space of time, you would have to owe them.
they could not take it out of your bank account though

In terms of her comment regarding holiday pay, I don't think she has it quite right (am not a lawyer).
Holidays are generally accrued pro rata per month. So say you get 20 days p.a. that equates to 1.66 days per month. If you left after 6 months, and had taken 10 days holiday then that's fine, as you're entitled to that (6*1.66). If however you left after 6 months having taken 15 days holiday, they are entitled to recoup the cost of the 5 extra days from your pay.

We have actually just done this to our nanny, who had taken more than her entitlement before she left, and we just docked her final month's salary.

If you use your entire 12 month allowance within say 6 months, and then leave, they are ent

Or what Slarty said in about a fifth of the words

My company takes legal action against people who use all their leave partway through the year and then resign just after they've been paid (so we can't deduct it back). Not sure how succesful they are though....

Just keep an eye on your holidays and don't take more than you'd be entitled to if you do plan to leave soon. You could ask for an advacnement on salary or talk to your bank about negotiating an interest-free overdraft if they won't advance you.

Oh thats pants for you.!

I took the job because I need the money. I am a childminder by profession, but because I have lived in Scotland for 5 years and been a childminder there all that time, and childminded in England for 2 years before that, OFSTED are discriminating against (IMO)I am having to do all the training, registration, etc from scratch. At this moment in time I cannot afford the £95 my GP will charge me to sign a document saying I am fit to be a childminder.
So in the meantime I have had to take a job. if I hadn't signed the contract, I would have had to leave, as my temporary one had ended.