quick question if you dont mind.

chloo

hello

i was employeed on a maternity cover contract due to finish on the 31st of december 2011 instead i got a new job and my finishing date was 17th of december 2011.

(this date was totally fine as the shop i was working in was closing down on the 16th of december.)

i was offered a perminant position with the compnay but after viewing the shop and the staff i could of been working at i felt that it wasnt for me.

i got paid each month on the 25th so the pay was from the 25th of each month to the 24th of the folowing.

so for decembers pay which i received today (as its xmas) i got paid from the shifts i worked on the 25th of november to the 17th of december.

the basic pay is totally right
but i have been deducted about half for 2 reasons it seems...
1 is sick i had 4 days of sick over seperate weeks i had a drs note as i had an asthma attack and got taken to hospital and it was quite severe.

so i have had a deduction of £53.18 which equates to 8.83 hrs? a working day is 7.5 hrs with a 1 hours unpaid lunch break.
this is very stange as you can self certificate for 7 days anyway.
should they of deducted this from me?

2 is holiday pay. they have deducted 94.50 which is 15.75 hours?!!!!
in the contract that i was given it says 22 days holiday prorarted so i worked 3 days per week this means i should get 9 days and 1.87 hrs holiday. so call it 9 days holiday. or 69.37 hrs holiday.

during the time i worked for the company my contract was upped and i worked an aditional day for 3 months so i would of done 4 days per week for say 12 weeks this would of ment i was entiteled to more holiday? i would say an aditional 3 days?

i took a totaly of ten days holiday as i was told by my managed that i was given 99 hrs holiday. this was online where the payslips came into.

also on my contact it says i should receive payment of £7020 and i got my final payslip through the post saying pay to date is £6030.88 this means i should of been paid an aditianal £980?

i apreciate that i should of worked another 7 shifts at 7.5 hrs each which would of earnt me another £315 that still leaved me £665 short of what was said in the contract?

that contract was based on 3 days and not the 4 that it was upped to. so this total pay incuded the aditianal 12 days at 7.5 hrs i worked.

what can i do?

i feel i am owed the sick pay back?
the holiday entitlement back plus an aditianl day and a half?
and the general saleray seems wrong?


thank you any help is massively appreciated!

Vejovis

not sure about the rest, but most companies don't pay the first 3 days sick, so depending on your contract you'd only be entitled to one day's sick pay despite self certifying 7.

Emmzi

or no SSP as the 4 days was not all in one go

chloo

it seems really weird that its like a day and bit they have deducted :S i had a sick note for 9 days off of work from the gp.

thank you both for your reply

chloo

bump sorry!

mildred1978

Holiday entitlement is based on contracted hours. Working additional days won't increase your entitlement unless you get a new contract for them. So no, you wouldn't be entitled to extra holiday.

Is there a reason you can't ask your previous employer for an explanation of the figures and deductions?

mildred1978

When did you start?

chloo

hi mildred
i just got the pay slip today i can ask them but i wanted other people opinions first!! i started on the 23rd of march 2011. i did get a second uped contract for the extra day a week.

thanks

EconomicsGirl

You really need to check your contract. Some employers don't pay sick pay. Holiday pay many employers do for whole months (1-31) only so a part month would get nothing. I'ld check with HR of the company as well.

mildred1978

Going to crunch the figures but need more info.

When did you start doing the extra day?

mildred1978

EconomicsGirl wrote: »

You really need to check your contract. Some employers don't pay sick pay. Holiday pay many employers do for whole months (1-31) only so a part month would get nothing. I'ld check with HR of the company as well.

Can't do that if only statutory holidays given (working time directive). A month can be 15th to 14th.