Employer owes me money

2005gibbons

I work for a large national organisation. 5 years ago i should have gone up an increment but i didnt. When i realised this i contacted my employer and they agreed and have worked out that i am owed £2500. However this was 6 months ago and each time i get in touch they tell me thay are still waiting for approval to pay this as it is a large amount. How long should i have to wait and is there anything i can do?
Thanks for any advice.

LadyMissA

2005gibbons wrote: »

I work for a large national organisation. 5 years ago i should have gone up an increment but i didnt. When i realised this i contacted my employer and they agreed and have worked out that i am owed £2500. However this was 6 months ago and each time i get in touch they tell me thay are still waiting for approval to pay this as it is a large amount. How long should i have to wait and is there anything i can do?
Thanks for any advice.

Yeah maybe realised 5 years ago?! Sorry but your pay was meant to go up 5 years ago and you only realised 6 mths ago? How?

Emmzi

you can raise a grievance.

BrettMorganxD

LadyMissA wrote: »

Yeah maybe realised 5 years ago?! Sorry but your pay was meant to go up 5 years ago and you only realised 6 mths ago? How?

Aggreed. I would know the day or the very latest the week my pay was going to go up, how can you forget.

Jarndyce

OP if you have tried asking politely in correspondence you should raise a grievance as advised.

You could also either take out a breach of contract claim in the county court or submit an employment tribunal claim for unlawful deductions from wages, if you want to take it that far, since - presumably - the underpayment is ongoing there is no deadline for you to submit an ET claim.

2005gibbons

i never realised because it was an extra one off pay rise that was seperate from my yearly increment. Just wondered if they can keep putting off the payment really. But thanks for the advise.

Jarndyce

LadyMissA wrote: »

Yeah maybe realised 5 years ago?! Sorry but your pay was meant to go up 5 years ago and you only realised 6 mths ago? How?

It doesn't matter why the OP didn't realise or when they realised, providing a) they are entitled to the money and b) that they have an avenue open via which to pursue it.

This board drives me mad some times - people come on here for information not to be judged and harangued by people like you.:mad:

SarEl

Jarndyce wrote: »

It doesn't matter why the OP didn't realise or when they realised, providing a) they are entitled to the money and b) that they have an avenue open via which to pursue it.

This board drives me mad some times - people come on here for information not to be judged and harangued by people like you.:mad:

Or, equally as commonly, to be totally misinformed.

LadyMissA

Jarndyce wrote: »

It doesn't matter why the OP didn't realise or when they realised, providing a) they are entitled to the money and b) that they have an avenue open via which to pursue it.

This board drives me mad some times - people come on here for information not to be judged and harangued by people like you.:mad:

and when I ask for advise I get abuse - shame its one rule for some and something else for others

Still I would have known my money was short on pay day!

dmliverpool

Sue them. They can't sack you for it. I would wait the required time after sending your grievance and then threaten them with action.
The thing I hate the most are dodging employers!

Uncertain

dmliverpool wrote: »

Sue them. They can't sack you for it.

Sorry but there is no such thing as "can't sack you for it"!

OK, it may be that a tribunal would eventually rule in your favour and award some compensation but that doesn't get your job back.

If the employer is so minded it could take many many months of hassle to get that far, you would have a legal duty to try and mitigate your losses by getting another job and the average ET payout is around £6K.

Keep that in mind!