Wages Paid Incorrectly!

duchy

trailingspouse wrote: »

oo, I think taking time off is a big mistake. You haven't been 'forced' to - you have merely made the decision that other things in your life take priority. As you said yourself, you were paid the correct amount of travel allowance. It's not your employer's fault that your direct debits also need to be serviced.
Something similar happened to me years ago - again a big employer (local authority). I'd just started working for them, and no money arrived on my first pay day. When I rang them, they apologised and said it would be included in the next pay run, the following month. I told them patiently that, no, they would send me a cheque immediately. And the killer blow was 'I've done my job, now all I'm asking is that you do yours.' That worked, and I got my cheque.
Stay calm, call them rather than e-mailing, and make sure you're talking to the person who can actually do something about it.

I think most payroll departments will try the "It'll be in the next pay packet" line as it is less work for them and won't need signing off as an extraordinary payment so their bosses won't know they have fouled up. Most will roll over once told "No" though as they know they don't have a leg to stand on.

londoner01

Other ideas for getting to work: lift from a friend or family member, borrow money from a friend or family member, ask for a lift off someone else (neighbour etc), even part of the way.

Call your bank up and see if they can fix you with an overdraft facility in this occasion. If they are not willing to offer it for free, ask for a breakdown of costs and claim them back from the company.

As someone else suggested, consider a payday loan.

You have to try and get there because as people have said it's unlikely to get sorted until Monday.

You don't want to get fired for unauthorised leave as a result of *their* error!

mildred1978

jonjb wrote: »

The mistake has arisen from holiday I have taken and not been paid for. They have deducted 14 days pay at a tune of £958!!! Holiday forms had been put in and its a clerical error on their part. This still does not change the fact that they have put me in financial hardship and have done nothing to rectify it.

I started contact wit them at 5.30 this morning and have still had no response back from them to even acknowledge the problem let alone rectify it. I have had to take today off because I cant afford to travel there and will have to have continual days off until it is sorted as I cant physically afford to get to there.

Are they liable to pay me for these days off as I have been forced to not turn up due to their error and also lazy approach to rectifying the situation?

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I'd be amazed if your contract required them to pay you for this time off, so you'll likely find your pay check is down next month too.

Ask for an advance of salary in the amount owing (£900 or whatever it was) as a same day payment into your account on Monday. Next month they can put the underpayment through, then deduct the advance of salary (plus any days off you've now taken as unpaid/unauthorised) and your tax will work itself out.

You may find yourself on a disciplinary if you haven't had permission to take these days off, but you've a strong argument against any warnings etc given the level of underpayment.