Wages Paid Incorrectly causing time off work!!

jonjb_2

Hi Guys n Gals,
I was hoping for a little bit of advice as to what I can do about this problem.

I was paid today and haven't been paid correctly. My Job requires a round trip of about 60 miles a day and I obviously incur a lot of traveling costs to get to and from work. Im not on a great wage (16,000 pa) and I have to budget my travel expenses out of this in advance. I have been paid around 700 short out of this months wage which is a massive chunk of my wages and with other bills having to be paid it leaves me with less than nothing.

I will be contacting my employer first thing but my question is this:

If they try and say that it wont be dealt with or sorted within the working day, were do I stand with the fact that I cant afford to travel to and from work due to their mistake that they (assuming it wont be dealt with straight away) made. If I am forced to have time off work is this my responsibility or are they held responsible and any days I lose, from not being able to afford the travel costs, paid?

Any advice would be appreciated. If any more details are needed for an informative answer please ask as Id like to know where I stand with this situation.

TIA

Jon

jonjb_2

I previously posted this in the wrong forum so here's an update to the situation.

Hi all, thanks for the responses. I have since received a payslip (on the day of pay rather than before)

In regards to a couple of your comments, Yes my wages do include a travel allowance which has been paid correctly but this has been swallowed up in pre arranged direct debits.

They are a massive company and wont mention names but they sponsor coronation st!

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?

Thanks All for your responses so far.

agrinnall

Seems to me this may be a case when a payday loan is justified, with the employer footing the bill for interest payments.

Mistral001

Surely the company knows that if they fail to pay an employee such a large chunk of their salary, then there is a good chance that that the employee will have hardship paying for all sorts of thing such as food, mortgage, rent etc. never mind travelling money to go to work Keep up the pressure with the firm to get some money.

If it is such a large company mistakes in wages must happen from time to time and surely there is a system in place to deal with that. If not then a payday loan might be required until it is all sorted out and ask the firm to pay the interest.

Notmyrealname

jonjb wrote: »

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?

Thanks All for your responses so far.

No. Getting to work is your responsibility, not theirs. This could be seen as unauthorised absence and count against you come promotion time.

mountainofdebt

Notmyrealname wrote: »

No. Getting to work is your responsibility, not theirs. This could be seen as unauthorised absence and count against you come promotion time.

Forget promotion time, if it's seen as unauthorised absence then the OP could be in big doggy do sooner rather than later!

PasturesNew

I'd go to work, but take a sleeping bag with me and some sandwiches and sleep in the car in the car park.

MissSarah1972

Notmyrealname wrote: »

No. Getting to work is your responsibility, not theirs. This could be seen as unauthorised absence and count against you come promotion time.

and paying people correctly and on time as per their contract is the employers

somethingcorporate

Can you not borrow some petrol money from friends / family / credit card / ask the bank for an overdraft.

It doesn't seem you are willing to put in much thought or effort to get into work.

Do people really live this hand to mouth? I had no idea....

MissSarah1972

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Can you not borrow some petrol money from friends / family / credit card / ask the bank for an overdraft.

It doesn't seem you are willing to put in much thought or effort to get into work.

Do people really live this hand to mouth? I had no idea....

There are lots of people who do so. People have rent/mortgage to pay and other bills and travel and all sorts.

moneypuddle

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Can you not borrow some petrol money from friends / family / credit card / ask the bank for an overdraft.

It doesn't seem you are willing to put in much thought or effort to get into work.

I agree with this. I would ask family rather than take time off work. Even if you took it as annual leave, why would you want to 'waste' it in this way?! Have you even considered any other way or helping yourself? Yes they have made an error, but you're also responsible for yourself too, so I think you have to make SOME effort. Not turning up at work looks immature and a bit weak. If you have to, I would prioritise other bills, and get some fuel in my car.