Have also posted this in legal and was advised to come over here...
In very vague terms so I can't be ID'd - I currently have an assistant manager type post. It's a yearly renewable contract and I'm paid with a particular allowance that can only be paid for 3 years. My boss at the time made it clear that this was the payment for the role, and I have evidence of this, but I have a new boss. Their take on it is that the role was temporary, and they can no longer pay me the money. They are making it sound as if it was part of my job anyway and the money was some sort of favour.
Whilst I understand it is their business, they aren't giving anyone else the job and it isn't at all clear who is going to do the work involved. As we are a very small team in the section I work in, and I have worked very closely with the manager for years, the pressure will be massive to go on doing the work anyway, not least because if I don't do it, my manager will have to. There have been a number of ocassions in the past 3 years when my manager has been off for extended periods and I have been the acting manager - what do they think is going to happen if that happens again?
Anyway, I have a meeting with them tomorrow morning to find out what is going to happen. Is there anything I can say or can they just take my money off me and expect me to do the work anyway?