URGENT help required - interview under caution today RE housing benefit

NYM

How casual was the employment...?
Did they deduct tax and NI or did they regard you as Self-Employed ?

It is an employers duty to provide a Statement of earnings for the period you worked for them.

Just let them know that if they fail to provide you with the information you have requested, you will be in contact with HMRC to confirm all deductions have been correctly applied and paid over to them.

They probably would not enjoy a Tax Audit....:)

Poppie68

Have you rang your former employer or paid them a visit, or just written to them? I would be paying them a visit and asking them to confirm in a letter your employment dates, chances are they may not have kept your time sheets and that is why they have not replied to you.

Pricivius

Please ignore me if I'm wrong but it sounds like you worked for an Agency. If you did, then did you resign at the end of your last assignment? If you did not, then your employment with them may well be continuing, as many Agencies have overarching contracts which continue your employment between assignments when you are not actually earning.

To end employment, either you must resign or they must dismiss you. The end of an assignment does not usually mean the end of employment. Check your employment contract and/or confirm the position with your Agency.

Kate199954

Thank you everyone.

I was carrying out supply work and never on a formal contract. It was simply "can you work until Christmas?", then "can you work until February?", and on until I informed them I was moving out of county in July 2011 as they said there wasn't anymore work after I asked for a permanent contract. I never had any formal paperwork offering my the casual work; only a verbal agreement. I submitted claim sheets every month for actual work carried out.

One of my lessons learnt from this is to get EVERYTHING in writing.

I shall have a good dig through paperwork, bank statements etc to gather evidence to try to sort this mess.

Thank you again everyone.

Kate199954

Poppie68 wrote: »

Have you rang your former employer or paid them a visit, or just written to them? I would be paying them a visit and asking them to confirm in a letter your employment dates, chances are they may not have kept your time sheets and that is why they have not replied to you.

I have written to them 3 times now and asked them to send evidence and amend my details as it is there error. I cannot visit as it is to far to travel. I have telephoned and was promised a call back but never received one.

Kate199954

duchy wrote: »

Don't commit to solicitors fees until you've spoken to the union.

Thank you.

dodger1

Kate199954 wrote: »

Thank you everyone.

I was carrying out supply work and never on a formal contract. It was simply "can you work until Christmas?", then "can you work until February?", and on until I informed them I was moving out of county in July 2011 as they said there wasn't anymore work after I asked for a permanent contract. I never had any formal paperwork offering my the casual work; only a verbal agreement. I submitted claim sheets every month for actual work carried out.

One of my lessons learnt from this is to get EVERYTHING in writing.

I shall have a good dig through paperwork, bank statements etc to gather evidence to try to sort this mess.

Thank you again everyone.

How did they pay you after you submitted the claim sheets each month, cash, cheque, bacs etc. When you were paid was tax and NI deducted?

Yogibear

duchy is right,speak to your union,good luck

Kate199954

Yogibear wrote: »

duchy is right,speak to your union,good luck

Thank you. This is my main concern at the moment and not the actual interview or allegation (I don't want to sound facetious) once I have further advice from my union about informing employer I can then look to clearing my name.

borkid

Kate199954 wrote: »

Thank you everyone.

I was carrying out supply work and never on a formal contract. It was simply "can you work until Christmas?", then "can you work until February?", and on until I informed them I was moving out of county in July 2011 as they said there wasn't anymore work after I asked for a permanent contract. I never had any formal paperwork offering my the casual work; only a verbal agreement. I submitted claim sheets every month for actual work carried out.

One of my lessons learnt from this is to get EVERYTHING in writing.

I shall have a good dig through paperwork, bank statements etc to gather evidence to try to sort this mess.

Thank you again everyone.

Does this mean you were a supply teacher ? When I did supply teaching I was paid directly into my bank account. If you have your bank details for the dates you worked it will show the amount and from whom, for the disputed dates there would be no payments. Also I was paid up to 6 weeks in arrears. Could that be part of the problem?
I've found that local authorities are usually pretty good at keeping the paperwork but if they've contracted out payroll services there might be more of a problem.