employer changed pay day!!!!

heretolearn_2

If he is being paid for the same to and from dates - i.e. 1st of month to last of month - then it really makes no difference at all. He's still getting paid that month the right amount. He isn't being shortchanged - honest! Put it this way, if he suddenly started getting paid a week earlier than before, would you expect him to hand back a week's money to his employer? He's still working the same hours, still earning the same pay. It's just coming on a different date, that's all.

He seems to understand the situation ok, so perhaps you should let him get on with it.

the only thing I'd have issue with is the lack of notice, employers can change pay dates but they should be reasonable about how they do it and for monthly paid staff I believe it's recommended that they have 2 months notice? But even then, it's just best practice, I don't think it's enforceable.

geordie_joe

heretolearn wrote: »

If he is being paid for the same to and from dates - i.e. 1st of month to last of month - then it really makes no difference at all.

Except his 1 months pay has to last 6 weeks, and January is considered to be the "most skint" month anyway. For a lot of people it is hard to get through January without it lasting 6 weeks.

True, after that it will make no difference, but that is no comfort when you are trying to make 4 weeks wages last 6 weeks.

They could/should have given notice so people could save a little to help over the extra 2 weeks.

heretolearn wrote: »

He's still getting paid that month the right amount.

Yes, he just has to wait an extra 2 weeks to get it.

heretolearn wrote: »

He isn't being shortchanged - honest!

Nobody said he was.

heretolearn wrote: »

Put it this way, if he suddenly started getting paid a week earlier than before, would you expect him to hand back a week's money to his employer?

No, I would expect him to realise that and take account that he wouldn't normally have it until the following week, therefore not spend it a week early. That would be easy to do, totally different to not having your wage for two weeks. He may have bills to pay that can't be paid on time now.

heretolearn wrote: »

He's still working the same hours, still earning the same pay. It's just coming on a different date, that's all.

Yes but it is the change over without notice!

heretolearn wrote: »

He seems to understand the situation ok, so perhaps you should let him get on with it.

How do you know that? Nobody has mentioned whether he understands it or not, they just repeated what he had been told, doesn't mean he understood it.

heretolearn wrote: »

the only thing I'd have issue with is the lack of notice,

I thought that was the whole point of the thread.

heretolearn_2

No, the OP clearly thought he was somehow being diddled out of 2 week's money, not just getting paid the same a bit later.

Read the whole thread.

starrybee

I may have the wrong end of the stick here, but if I'm right then this may sum it up better:

On the 5th Decemeber, he would get paid for 1-31st Decemeber.
On the 19th January, he would get paid for 1-31st January.

So what he's getting paid is exactly the same, just on a different date, which is annoying yes - but he's not getting diddled out of any money!

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I would question why I wanted to work for such a business, regardless of the situation the employer would know what inconvenience this will cause.

I don't see any issue as you would accept this should it be a "new job", would the first step not be to advise the business that you are not happy about this and ask why it was done. I would agree that considering the past history of the business that it looks like they are saving a few days on payroll costs.

How big is the business out of interest?