Employer changing pay date again!!??

raptorman

My employer has decided for the second time in a year to change
our pay date to the end of the month. I recieved a letter today which says
that the 'cut-off' date will be the 15th of this month and every month after.

The problem is that at the end of this month my wage will be for 2 weeks
i.e. from the 1st to the 15th. I am on a very tight budget and this will cause
me to run into debt. Can my employer do this or can I refuse the change?

SarEl

Technically this is a change of contract, so the employer ought to give notice. But even if they haven't, it would take longer to do anything about it than it would to get paid. And you could refuse, but I suspect that since they have the money and you don't that refusing will get you nowhere. Sorry, but other than negotiation I don't see any real options for you.

raptorman

SarEl wrote: »

Technically this is a change of contract, so the employer ought to give notice. But even if they haven't, it would take longer to do anything about it than it would to get paid. And you could refuse, but I suspect that since they have the money and you don't that refusing will get you nowhere. Sorry, but other than negotiation I don't see any real options for you.

So I should accept being forced to go into debt because I don't recieve the wage I was expecting/worked for at the end of the month?

There must be something I can do??

SarEl

As I said, the employer can change the date but should do so by giving proper contractual notice. So if they have not then you could make a claim for breach of contract - but in law all you are entitled to is the wage, and you will have that before the ink is dried on the paper, never mind got to court. Any legal recourse you may have will take much much longer than a month. So I can see no alternative other than negotiation that is going to resolve this in the timescale you are talking about.

Annisele

Are you absolutely sure that a change in the "cut off" date means a change in the date you'll be paid?

Where I work, payroll's "cut off date" is usually about the 12th, and we're paid on the 23rd. For us, that means that if we do any overtime or submit any expenses claims after the 12th, we won't get paid for the overtime or the expenses until the 23rd of the following month. However, we get a whole month's ordinary salary on the 23rd of each month regardless.

raptorman

The letter I recieved today states the cut off date for every month is the 15th and the date we are payed is the last day of the month, it also states the number of weeks we will be paid for. For this month January it states we will be paid for 2 weeks and then next month 'February' we will be paid 4 weeks and so on with the odd week here and there where we are paid 5 weeks.

agrinnall

Are you saying (because it's not clear from your posts) that you will not be paid for some of the time that you have worked? Or is it that you'll get paid twice in January, for 2 weeks each time, and that you have bills to pay in the second half of January that you won't have enough money for at the time the bill is due? If the latter is the case then your best bet may be to get a short term loan that can be paid off once you get the second pay at the end of January. An advance on wages from your emplyer would be best, followed by an arranged overdraft from your bank, with a payday loan the least favourite option (but still not awful as long as you make sure you pay it back when agreed).