Hourly rate dropped

Sharon140

I am hoping somebody can advise me on a problem I have with my hourly rate. In March this year the building I was working in was being demolished and I was offered the same position in another building. I had a new contract and my rate of pay was the same as in my previous position. All has been fine with my wages until now I have received my pay slip today and they have dropped my hourly rate to the minimum wage, now I am no expert but I assume they cannot just do this to me :mad:am I correct in thinking this?

marybelle01

No they cannot just do this. But have you asked them why? It's possible that a mistake has been made.

phill99

Why have you posted this twice?

KiKi

phill99 wrote: »

Why have you posted this twice?

Um, a mistake?


OP, before assuming they've 'done' this to you - go and ask the question. They may have made a mistake, not realised your pay, missed an email from someone...who knows. Talk to them first and explain the problem, then if they say they *have* dropped your pay, come back to us.

KiKi

Sharon140

@ phil99 a genuine mistake :cool:

Thank you both so much, this is what I was thinking as well but I just wanted clarification.

I am hoping this is a genuine mistake, but knowing the company I work for it wouldn't surprise me if they did try and pull this trick especially as others in the building are working for minimum wage I have emailed my manager as we are not allowed to contact HR ourselves I am fetching my contract and payslip into work on Monday will let you know how it goes

getmore4less

Just to clarify is this the same employer and just a change of building?

Sharon140

getmore4less wrote: »

Just to clarify is this the same employer and just a change of building?

Yes that's correct, the other building was being demolished to make way for a road and we were all under threat of redundancy but this position came up and so I agreed to be transferred as it was still in my home town they did try to get me to accept minimum wage but I stood my ground and started with a updated contract as the hours were different but still with my hourly rate intact

Sharon140

Well I have heard back from my Line Manager, HR have told him that my contract was a mistake and that they are dropping my hourly rate.:( I have asked for this in writing. Can anybody advise me on my next step please.

I have thought about contacting ACAS to see what my options are as surely they cant just change my contract? I will lose £1.80 per hour which is quite a lot of money on a monthly salary :mad::mad:

alonehiker

Sharon140 wrote: »

Well I have heard back from my Line Manager, HR have told him that my contract was a mistake and that they are dropping my hourly rate.:( I have asked for this in writing. Can anybody advise me on my next step please.

I have thought about contacting ACAS to see what my options are as surely they cant just change my contract? I will lose £1.80 per hour which is quite a lot of money on a monthly salary :mad::mad:

How long were you in your last position receiving your hirer rate of pay?
Do you have a signed copy of your contract?

Sharon140

Nothing has changed with my rate of pay beside the obvious pay rise ect since I started in March 2008, we were TUPE over to this company in January 2010 so nothing really changed from my original contract and even this new contract has the same salary, benefits ect the only thing that has changed on there is my hours and place of work.

I did receive my new contract and have kept my copy plus the cover letter that came with it.

shmeeko69

Sharon140 wrote: »

Nothing has changed with my rate of pay beside the obvious pay rise ect since I started in March 2008, we were TUPE over to this company in January 2010 so nothing really changed from my original contract and even this new contract has the same salary, benefits ect the only thing that has changed on there is my hours and place of work.

I did receive my new contract and have kept my copy plus the cover letter that came with it.

They cannot do this regardless of what type of business you're in and always have a duty of care to their employees which must be upheld. If they don't play ball with you then, you want to phone ACAS or visit the CAB and see what steps to take and if so contact a solicitor.

Losing £1.80 and hour for a full time member of staff equates to roughly £3500 - £4000 per annum and that's a lot of money especially in the current economic climate.