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Urgent advice from anyone? - final payment!

mighty_rhinos
Posts: 33 Forumite
Hi all,
I was due to receive my final redundancy pay-off / last month's PILON payment today. I returned my company car yesterday to a former colleague, he sent email to Finance Director (I also sent one later confirming the drop off). Everything carried out as agreed in writing.
Final payslip arrived yesterday, feel short-changed (£67) on holiday pay but more or less amount I expected.
Today I check bank account to see my company paid in £7040 this morning (as agreed) and then reversed it straight away. My bank have no reason for the reversal and suggested I call my company.
Now I have sent email, left messages on specific answer machines (office+mobile) since 0830 today but no response and no follow-up CHAPS payment.
Where do I stand? This lack of payment is now going to affect diret debits and the hire car I had booked for tomorrow - 2 reasons - 1 kids going to visit grandparents for a week, 2- I have three interviews next week starting 8am Monday morning.
Any suggestions anyone, for today and after if money doesn't come? :mad:
So angry - I get made redundant without notice, do everything they ask and they can't even make their payment on time!
I was due to receive my final redundancy pay-off / last month's PILON payment today. I returned my company car yesterday to a former colleague, he sent email to Finance Director (I also sent one later confirming the drop off). Everything carried out as agreed in writing.
Final payslip arrived yesterday, feel short-changed (£67) on holiday pay but more or less amount I expected.
Today I check bank account to see my company paid in £7040 this morning (as agreed) and then reversed it straight away. My bank have no reason for the reversal and suggested I call my company.
Now I have sent email, left messages on specific answer machines (office+mobile) since 0830 today but no response and no follow-up CHAPS payment.
Where do I stand? This lack of payment is now going to affect diret debits and the hire car I had booked for tomorrow - 2 reasons - 1 kids going to visit grandparents for a week, 2- I have three interviews next week starting 8am Monday morning.
Any suggestions anyone, for today and after if money doesn't come? :mad:
So angry - I get made redundant without notice, do everything they ask and they can't even make their payment on time!
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Drive there or keep calling (& stay on the line).
Little else you can do immediately.Not Again0 -
I'd love to drive there, but gave company car back. No wheels. Head office Plymouth, at home in Mansfield! Might start walking the way I'm feeling!0
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mighty_rhinos wrote: »Hi all,
I was due to receive my final redundancy pay-off / last month's PILON payment today. I returned my company car yesterday to a former colleague, he sent email to Finance Director (I also sent one later confirming the drop off). Everything carried out as agreed in writing.
Final payslip arrived yesterday, feel short-changed (£67) on holiday pay but more or less amount I expected.
Today I check bank account to see my company paid in £7040 this morning (as agreed) and then reversed it straight away. My bank have no reason for the reversal and suggested I call my company.
Now I have sent email, left messages on specific answer machines (office+mobile) since 0830 today but no response and no follow-up CHAPS payment.
Where do I stand? This lack of payment is now going to affect diret debits and the hire car I had booked for tomorrow - 2 reasons - 1 kids going to visit grandparents for a week, 2- I have three interviews next week starting 8am Monday morning.
Any suggestions anyone, for today and after if money doesn't come? :mad:
So angry - I get made redundant without notice, do everything they ask and they can't even make their payment on time!
What do you mean ,without notice?Vuja De - the feeling you'll be here later0 -
Nothing much you can do except wait for the call back.
You could call your bank and arrange a temporary overdraft for the payments due to go out imminently.
Is there someone you can call - in HR or Payroll?Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac0 -
Thanks for everyone's replies, seems ages ago now! In the end I managed to get the MD who pushed the right people and money went in about 4:30pm Friday - thank god!
Had a busy week interviewing and got another one this afternoon and Thursday! Fingers crossed.
In answer to "redundancy without notice," basically I attended a 1-to-1 review meet (fairly standard for me about bi-monthly) and when it began it was more 1-to-1 plus witness with a 30 second pause before being told I was redundant. No under threat, no conversations about alternatives, just you;re done lets have your laptop and phone!
Anyhoo, waited until 31st july and finally got my pay off, 1 month PILON, two month ex-gratia payment. I worked for 21 months for them. Contacted a solicitor yesterday to see I have a case about process and handling - she advised I might be able to get something if I'm unemployed for longer than the 3 months they have paid me. Have to go to tribunal by 29th Spetember. Hoping to have a job as a result of this week's interviews! It's a back-up plan though!
Thanks again for the replies. :T0
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