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Can they cut his pay?
golden_slumbers
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Hi all,
I was wondering if you could offer some advise. My parnter is an electrician. He has been with the same company for 5 years since he was apprentice, and is now 23. He is not on a contract (apparently quite a normal thing for people in trades working for a small company?), but his pay is all above board (i.e. not cash in hand) he gets weekly pay slips and pays tax and national insurance.
The company has been struggling for a while with a lack of work so have let some people go, and are regularly cutting the remaining staffs hours so they are working a 4 day week. I appreciate that it is a difficult time for small companies, but in this case it seems to be as much a case of poor management/not seeking work than there not being enough work out there. On top of that, they seem to be squeezing what would have been 5 days work into 4 by giving the electiricans very strict tmescales and working them really hard.
My partner has been called into a meeting with his boss this morning and told that they want to cut his pay form £10 p/h to £8. Apparently this is becasue he has been making a few mistakes on jobs. These are not big mistakes, things like one customer complained that a socket was not straight, and are probably due to him being pressured into finishing quickly. He was told that he is welcome to appeal and invite someone along to support him, but if this is not succesful the pay reduction will begin next week.
It seems to me that this is a reflection of the companies need to save money, rather than my partner's work. A 20% pay cut becasue of a few mistakes seems a bit of an overreaction after 5 years loyal service. he has had no complaints about the standard of his work previously. He has been getting by on a 4 day week, but a 20% pay cut on top of this would mean he wouldn't be able to afford his rent/bills.
Can anyone advise what he can say to appeal this? He has asked for a list of the mistakes they say he has made. He will also be contacting ACAS for advise, although I think the fact that he is not on a contract may mean he has no legal rights.
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
I was wondering if you could offer some advise. My parnter is an electrician. He has been with the same company for 5 years since he was apprentice, and is now 23. He is not on a contract (apparently quite a normal thing for people in trades working for a small company?), but his pay is all above board (i.e. not cash in hand) he gets weekly pay slips and pays tax and national insurance.
The company has been struggling for a while with a lack of work so have let some people go, and are regularly cutting the remaining staffs hours so they are working a 4 day week. I appreciate that it is a difficult time for small companies, but in this case it seems to be as much a case of poor management/not seeking work than there not being enough work out there. On top of that, they seem to be squeezing what would have been 5 days work into 4 by giving the electiricans very strict tmescales and working them really hard.
My partner has been called into a meeting with his boss this morning and told that they want to cut his pay form £10 p/h to £8. Apparently this is becasue he has been making a few mistakes on jobs. These are not big mistakes, things like one customer complained that a socket was not straight, and are probably due to him being pressured into finishing quickly. He was told that he is welcome to appeal and invite someone along to support him, but if this is not succesful the pay reduction will begin next week.
It seems to me that this is a reflection of the companies need to save money, rather than my partner's work. A 20% pay cut becasue of a few mistakes seems a bit of an overreaction after 5 years loyal service. he has had no complaints about the standard of his work previously. He has been getting by on a 4 day week, but a 20% pay cut on top of this would mean he wouldn't be able to afford his rent/bills.
Can anyone advise what he can say to appeal this? He has asked for a list of the mistakes they say he has made. He will also be contacting ACAS for advise, although I think the fact that he is not on a contract may mean he has no legal rights.
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
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A contract doesn't have to physically exist or even have been discussed verbally - the fact that he is employed means he entitled to the rights of a contract, even if it's just an implied one.
It's like saying you don't need to be paid minimum wage because you weren't given a job offer letter.0
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