Opened my payslip without me knowing..???

ILW

And if the reply is that management are entitled to open payslips, what would have been gained?

Not sure why it is such a big issue.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

ILW wrote: »

And if the reply is that management are entitled to open payslips, what would have been gained?

Not sure why it is such a big issue.

Perhaps the OP wants private stuff kept private? Isn't that their right?

ILW

Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »

Perhaps the OP wants private stuff kept private? Isn't that their right?

It is only private to those that do not have authorised access. This could be a whole load of people from the MD down.

ValHaller

ILW wrote: »

It is only private to those that do not have authorised access. This could be a whole load of people from the MD down.

You don't exercise authorised access by tearing open a sealed payslip. People who do have authorised access generally get it via company information systems - eg if they payslips are emailed to the manager and then printed off

Funky_Bold_Ribena

ILW wrote: »

It is only private to those that do not have authorised access. This could be a whole load of people from the MD down.

Don't be so ridiculous! If payslips are sealed, and marked private and confidential - then only the person to whom it is addressed should be opening them.

Sommer43

How hard can this be?

A payslip is private and confidential. The payslip was opened and not by the OP. She should take it up with the payroll department. Then let them investigate it.

Payslip advice is for the recipient only. The supervisor asking permission to open people's payslips is bang out of order. If someone is missing overtime payments, been underpaid, overpaid, taxed too much, then they take it to payroll and ask them about their salary.

It's a breach of confidentiality and should not have happened. OP, take it to your payroll, tell them straight. You picked up your payslip and the security strip was broken. If the other members of staff are hacked off, then leave it up to them to take it up with payroll. You sound like you're not happy about it and rightly so. Let payroll deal with it. It doesn't take much:

"I collected my payslip as normal on Friday 22 Feb and I noticed the security seal was broken. As my payslip is private and confidential, I am concerned about this breach of confidentiality and felt it necessary to inform you"

Any performing payroll department would take this matter seriously and deal with the matter internally and the payroll department should then respond with how payslips are distributed. If you're not satisfied with how payroll respond, then take it up with HR. It's a simple line of enquiry and should be investigated. How the payslips come to the store, who's responsible for handing them out and where they are kept. Many large companies are very poor at handling personal and confidential data.

As for the supervisor, keep your head down, do your job and if she gets too much, then make a formal complaint about her as per your normal grievance procedure outlined in your contract.

blodwyn_t

Allowing a Manager to see a copy of a payslip is one thing. Allowing a Manager (or anyone else) to open a sealed envelope, marked private and confidential, without permission of the addressee is not allowed. Especially if it contains personal data (which a payslip does) - this falls under data protection legislation.

Valli

blodwyn_t wrote: »

I don't agree with Valli's advice - this is illegal and the onus is on her to prove that she DID speak to you, rather than the other way round.

You are assuming, without ANY proof, that the supervisor was the person who opened the payslip. A payslip which was not HANDED to the OP but left lying around.

But the OP doesn't know WHO opened the payslip. The OP is in a part time job; if she wants to keep it she needs to pick her battles.

There's a world of difference between "My payslip was opened by someone" and "The supervisor opened my payslip".