Compensation

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Can I ask to be compensated for the fact that I was short changed (wages) and it took about 6 months for the company to pay me what was due to me after insisting I wasn't owed any money.
I had to stop working as I was stressed and demoralised completely because my wages were lesser than they should about 3 or 4 times. Got sick note from GP.

They have finally paid me now after 6 months and 6 months on sick leave

Can I and how fo I ask for compensation for the stress and the loss of earnings caused pls

You had six months of sick leave because your employer paid you an incorrect amount? There's got to be more to this.

I was short changed several times and each time I raise the issue, they say that's not the Case so I got fed up of it all because I was working hard and at the end of the month I don't get all my money and I can't pay bills etc got drained and stressed. Colleagues were also complaining and leaving the firm.

Why on earth did you go sick instead of just looking for another job?

Surely going off sick meant you got even less money to pay your bills?
I don't think you can get compensated but maybe there's more to the story

How much were wages short changed?

I think you could probably claim if the shortfall meant you got overdraft fees or late payment charges due to lack of funds.

I agree. If you incurred costs because of their error, you should be paid the amount you've lost. But I don't think you can expect anything extra for 'inconvenience' or 'pain and suffering'.

So sick pay made it easier to pay your bills?

If you incurred an actual loss then you could argue for that loss to be reimbursed. But beyond that no, you aren't entitled to compensation. You got your compensation for being off sick - sick pay. You could have left if you wanted to.

I looked for another job and got one while I was still fighting them for my money but I wouldn't work for them and went on sick leave with them which I fully explained to them

@Gazelda it was not an error
The 1st time I raised the issue when I noticed, they never listened and kept insisting wage paid was correct & and I kept emailing and then it happened a 2nd time again but I kept emailing while still working hard and job hunting. Then I heard from colleagues that had same issues and no one from the firm was listening. They only agreed and made some/part payment after I threatened to sue and some colleagues resigned and it happened again so I went off sick because working for that company stressed me out and I started a new job while still chasing money owed

How much were you underpaid by and what did they say the reason is?

Your posts are hard to make sense of, originally you said you were on sick leave for 6 months but now you’re saying you actually got a new job?

Sounds like you threw a strop and stopped working with sick pay rather than were off sick.

Typically, any delayed money is plus interest that would have been earned had the money been in your bank. This would be based on inflation or RPI, I believe.

Bizarre Thread. Sorry, but surely no reputable dr would sign someone off sick on the basis their employer wasn’t paying them correctly?

If so then it’s little wonder that employers take being signed off with stress with such a pinch of salt.

I don’t doubt they were arseholes to work for but you weren’t forced to work for them, you could have found another job, and going off sick would have made it harder for you to get another job, because a lot of employers wouldn’t look at someone who was currently off sick having a strop with stress.

But I usually do a double take when someone starts to mention compensation along these lines. Is this why you went off sick because you thought you could then sue them and get a bit of comp? To strengthen your case?

Well as others said, if you incurred charges then possibly, although again, going off sick wouldn’t help that. But other than that it would cost you more to bring a case than you would likely get.

So if I am reading this correctly - because it is hard to understand - you didn't get correctly paid a couple of times (not defending that - you should have had the correct pay assuming that there is no missing information here as to why they may have made errors in pay). You told them that if they didn't pay up then the "stress" of their errors was making you sick (so that would be really motivating for them - you claim to be sick when you aren't and are just having a tantrum). You claim six months sick pay but you are also working somewhere else at the same time - you said that you got another job which suggests that you were working somewhere else whilst claiming to be sick from the first job.

Is that all correct?

There is no excuse for your company not paying you properly, but there are channels through which you can address this and going off on sick is not one of them.

I recently finished a job and they got my final holiday pay wrong, something I knew in advance as they informed me how many days I would get in my final pay. I entered into discussions with them and it got me nowhere but I still turned up to work every day during my notice period and did not pull any kind of “too stressed for work” stunt. It is now for me to decide if I want to take them to tribunal for unpaid earnings. That is the proper way to do things.

I think you are being given a hard time here OP.. but context is everything..

If my employer short changed me to the degree that I couldn't pay my bills - especially rent/mortgage/ council tax/feed myself and kids. - then absolutely that is going to cause massive stress !! Certainly enough stress to make me feel Ill - and therefore seek medical help. Especially if that is then compounded by people chasing you for money (a concept that many on MN have no understanding of as they have 'savings they can dip into 🙄' ..

What was the difference in £ between what you were paid and what you were owed ? Because in my understanding there is definitely a case for 'pain and suffering' .. but it's all in the details..

@Lotsofthingstoconsider thanks a bunch for understanding the situation
I was physically sick from the short change issue because it messed up a lot of things beyond my imagination