Wages refused

DEC1234

Is it legal to withold pay if you only work a few days and leave without notice

DomRavioli

Did you sign a contract before leaving? If so, what are the terms of notice, and did you follow them?

sammyjammy

DomRavioli wrote: »

Did you sign a contract before leaving? If so, what are the terms of notice, and did you follow them?

That is a seperate matter, if Op did the work they are entitled to be paid for it.

browneyedbazzi

You're entitled to the pay for the time you did work...however if you breached your contract by leaving without giving/working the required notice period they may be able to claim against you for consequential losses that resulted from your breach of contract - for example if they incurred expenses by having to bring in agency staff to cover the role.

anamenottaken

DEC1234 wrote: »

Is it legal to withold pay if you only work a few days and leave without notice

It is not lawful to withold pay.

If someone works for only a few days (ie less than a month), unless they have received written particulars of their employment which say they are required to give more, then no notice is required.

spacey2012

They must pay you, any losses they believe they are owed are a separate issue.
Issue them a warning letter insisting that unless you are paid you will take them to an employment tribunal.

anamenottaken

spacey2012 wrote: »

They must pay you, any losses they believe they are owed are a separate issue.
Issue them a warning letter insisting that unless you are paid you will take them to an employment tribunal.

An Employment Tribunal might be more costly for the OP than the small claims court system. Better to be less specific than saying going to an ET, more "take legal action to recover the payment".