New job wage issue

[MrsDimples]

My husband started a new job 2 weeks ago. The actual job will be working an evening shift. The first week was a combination of induction & training with no evening work, & a lot less hours than he will be working. Last week he did several night shifts & then had a day & a half off before doing a day & a half training again.

He got his first weeks pay last week & the actual payslip yesterday. They have only paid him for the hours worked, which is significantly impacts take home pay.

Are they allowed to do this? They dictated the hours. Surely they should pay him for the hours they employed him to do. Or am I being really naive. This weeks wage will be less as well.

He has already taken a considerable wage cut in this job, as we have moved areas to be near family. We were going to struggle financially for a while, whilst I sell my flat, but this is really worrying.

It will depend on what his contract says.

What hairy said.

If there is nothing in the contract to say that training would be unpaid, I believe the employer is taking the piss. They should be paying minimum wage at least for every hour worked. However, new employees are reluctant to complain about things like this as they don't want to rock the boat with a new employer. Plus if they do complain, there is very little protection from dismissal for new starters.

Um, was the training unpaid? I read it that he was paid for the hours he attended work but because he was training, that wasn't as many hours as normal.

Was there any time worked unpaid MrsDimples?

He is being paid the hourly rate, but isn't doing a full week's hours because they can't train him at a certain time or because they are giving him time off between night & day shifts.He is 'work' working too.

The training is because the new employers don't recognise his old companies inhouse licences.

Did they tell him he would be working different (and fewer) hours for a couple of weeks? His contract may say his hours are x but if there was a letter saying for the first two weeks (or however long) his hours will be y, then that would be good enough, and there would be no reason to pay him for hours he hasn't worked.

How did he find out about this, is any of it in writing, and when is he due to go on to his usual hours?

He has signed something, not sure how much detail it went into. I'll see if I can find it.

The first 13 weeks are a 'training' rate of £7.44, (I think), going to £8 summat after 13 weeks and then the final rate of £8 summat but higher after 6 months & all satisfactory.

They have included a 40p hourly bonus.

I also realised the hours for the first week were a lot less due to the Bank Holiday.

There is still no communication when he will start the hours he should be doing, 4pm - 12am. So far this week he is on nights 10pm - 6am. Which is better as its a full week, with no changes and he should get a shift allowance too. I seems to have been told on a dailyish basis what he will be working when.