Can i leave without notice

tillysocute

Thankyou.. I am writing resignation as we speak, so to speak, ....

Just needed to know i was working within guidelines....

Zazen999

Do you KNOW the money that you are owed? Can we try to work it out so that you have some idea? Also, request your payslips so that you can check with the Taxman that they have paid the necessary tax and NI.

tillysocute

The lady that deals with the time sheets has worked it out to £1,600 i only work 20 hrs a week... And thats the amount Payroll promised had gone in my bank.. I have had two cheques to cover two months wages that were not forth coming so i will have to pay them back 1,000..when i get that money.. I have never seen a wageslip since i started there.. And that prevented me from getting housing benefit... so have had to pay full rent .

mountainofdebt

tillysocute wrote: »

Just needed to know i was working within guidelines....

Actually I don't think you would be.

I was once told that if the employer didn't adhere to the terms of your contract (of which when you would be paid would be one) and you continued to work as normal, then it would be deemed that you accepted the change in terms of contract and unfortunately in law two wrongs don't make a right.

Zazen999

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Actually I don't think you would be.

I was once told that if the employer didn't adhere to the terms of your contract (of which when you would be paid would be one) and you continued to work as normal, then it would be deemed that you accepted the change in terms of contract and unfortunately in law two wrongs don't make a right.

But she hasn't accepted it; she has requested her money time and time again and is now resigning. At what point does it switch from 'late' to being 'a PITA' to being 'a change in contract?'....

zzzLazyDaisy

I'm confused....

OP has worked there three months. She says she hasn't been paid and has £1600 wages outstanding. But then says that she's twice been paid by cheque to a total of £1000, which she will have to pay back when her wages go in.

It sounds to me as if there has been a problem paying her wages directly into her bank account, for whatever reason, so she has been paid by cheque instead, until it is sorted out.

Sorry if I have completely got the wrong end of the stick.

Zazen999

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

I'm confused....

OP has worked there three months. She says she hasn't been paid and has £1600 wages outstanding. But then says that she's twice been paid by cheque to a total of £1000, which she will have to pay back when her wages go in.

It sounds to me as if there has been a problem paying her wages directly into her bank account, for whatever reason, so she has been paid by cheque instead, until it is sorted out.

Sorry if I have completely got the wrong end of the stick.

Which is why I originally asked about the bank details.

I'd assume that the payroll will already deduct the monies that have been paid leaving the £1600 outstanding - the other main issue is without a payslip, the claim for housing benefit can't be made...

zzzLazyDaisy

Yes, I agree, she is entitled by law to a payslip each month (assuming she's paid monthly), and she certainly isn't being treated well by her employer.

I just wanted to clarify the situation re her wages.

However, with regard to the original question re leaving without giving notice, the pragmatic answer is that even if it amounts to a breach of contract by OP (and this may depend on the answer to the question about the wages) the fact is that there is not much the employer can do about it, as their only recourse is a claim for financial losses incurred by them as a result of OP's failure to give notice, and there is unlikely to be any real loss.

mountainofdebt

Zazen999 wrote: »

But she hasn't accepted it; she has requested her money time and time again and is now resigning. At what point does it switch from 'late' to being 'a PITA' to being 'a change in contract?'....

I think it could be argued that she accepted it by continuing to work as normal even though she hadn't been paid.

nkr_1234

Always leave with good foot prints. You can give them 2 weeks notice and leave if not atleast try to convince them. We never know you may go back to the same employer in the future.