Owed Money - Where do I stand?

[alitesneeze]

Hi There,

I wondered if anyone could offer some much appreciated advice? I will try not to be too long winded

When I first took up my post I was payd £1000 less than the advertised starting salary due to lack of experience. It was agreed that this £1000 would be added after my probation period which was 6 months. After 6 months my probation was extended by another 3 months during which time I discovered I was pregnant and informed my boss (maybe not relevant). Aftr the 3 months I was advised I was no longer on probation and an email would be sent to HR to up my salary. I had to keep mentioning it and she kept forgetting. Just before I went on mat leave she told me that the local HR person would email HR at head office to organise.

When I went on mat leave I received a big lump sum in my next pay but was due lots of expenses so not sure if I had been payed it (it was now a fair sum in back dated pay.) I didnt check as I then had a baby and never got round to it. I can be a terrible procrastinator

I hve now handed in my notice and called HR to double check I had been payed this amount and discovered I had not. MY boss has told me that she feels that this was not agreed, it was based on performance and she will require to check my file. Since I have no access to anything n the office I feel very powerless.

If she refuses the money, do I have leg to stand on or shuld I just write it off?

Thank you very much for reading!!

What did HR say when you called the? Did they have any record of these emails or anything?

When is your boss getting back to you? If she refuses the money or doesn't get back to you I think you should write formally, giving as much detail as possible about the conversations promising you an increase, names, dates, context, etc. Request a response asap.

You don't have access to stuff in the office but if necessary you can put in a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act for any information about you, including emails about you.

The trouble is that my boss's usual tactic is to ignore people in the hope that they get bored! (You would be surprised hw often this works, I have seen it many times!)

I am glad to hear that I have the right to access all of my information as I am pretty sure exactly where I can lay my hands on some written evidence. I will look up the procedure for a Subject Access Request.

Thanks very much for this