Bonus loss but written in contract help please,

sezsez

Hi , just wondering if someone could give me a bit of advice please, my partner has been working for a company for 4 yrs , on top of his hourly wages he used to recieve 1.50p an hour bonus , which the company took back off all workers 18 months ago, they had a big meeting because of credit crunch, on 50 hrs a wk that 75 per week loss

scheming_gypsy

Did he agree to have it taken off him? if he did then i doubt it matters if it's written into his contract as he's authorised it... Plus, £1.50 an hour at 50 hours is £75.

SarEl

Well the starting point is that there is nothing at all to stop an employer chaging a contractual term, so " it is wrirren in their contract and he can't take it off them" is a load of old rubbish. And thereafter, if he doesn't want to kick up a fuss at work and he doesn't want to risk loosing his job, there is no help we - or anyone - can give, so any advice would be pointless. I am afraid that there are no caped crusaders who fly in and sort these sorts of things out for you (well apart from the unions, and I guess he isn't a member or you wouldn't be here) - you have to do it yourself.

teajug

Save your money with unions they are not worth it. My friend has joined a very good scheme with 'Which' they provide a great service for my friend for £38.00 for a full year. For this he gets advice from a lawyer either by telephone or email.

Also if you need someone to represent you at tribunals you will needed to have your home insurance policy updated to include legal advice and my friend also has this as well and this has been great for him as they will pay one of their panel solicitors to represent you at tribunals procedures

SarEl

teajug wrote: »

Save your money with unions they are not worth it. My friend has joined a very good scheme with 'Which' they provide a great service for my friend for £38.00 for a full year. For this he gets advice from a lawyer either by telephone or email.

Also if you need someone to represent you at tribunals you will needed to have your home insurance policy updated to include legal advice and my friend also has this as well and this has been great for him as they will pay one of their panel solicitors to represent you at tribunals procedures

They will pay if you have a good chance of winning.

It is your opinion that unions are a waste of money - based on your own alleged poor experience. This is not the only viewpoint. If the OP had been in a union is would have been a great deal harder for the employer to reduce their pay - quite apart from anything else, most "victories" happen before the law is involved, or despite the fact that th elaw cannot help. Unions cannot wave magic wands - they are as good as their members. If people won't fight for their conditions then unions cannot easily magic up a solution.

teajug

SarEl wrote: »

They will pay if you have a good chance of winning.

It is your opinion that unions are a waste of money - based on your own alleged poor experience. This is not the only viewpoint. If the OP had been in a union is would have been a great deal harder for the employer to reduce their pay - quite apart from anything else, most "victories" happen before the law is involved, or despite the fact that th elaw cannot help. Unions cannot wave magic wands - they are as good as their members. If people won't fight for their conditions then unions cannot easily magic up a solution.

I agree, but the insurance company will first speak to you on the phone and will advise accordingly also if you have a good case they will send out one of the claim forms to complete and until that is approved you cannot do anything until it is approved in writing.

Experience have though me that if the company is unionised then employees would have a good chance of getting better deal from union than a company that is not unionised.

MFSaver

OP, you should be clear when you state monetary values. I was half thinking whether it was worth complaining for an extra 75 pence per week, since you wrote 1.50p per hour.

Do keep in mind that any advice you get from this thread comes with a risk, for example, your partner continuing to not get the bonus while others do, or if you complain, upper management targetting your partner for redundancy. It will be up to you to decide whether the risk is worth taking. A comparison with your partner's overall wages might help.