My employers have just received a letter from London Collection and Compliance Centre

RMS2

Sorry, but some bad advice is being given here. My post is a general one and not aimed at the OP.

Employers take a dim view of this situation, believe me, I have worked in middle management for a large international company for many years.

They see it as some sort of failure on the part of the individual. They will be concerned about debts and will be looking at what access the individual has to money within the business, because they may be tempted to use that to sort their personal problems out. Also the role that they are employed in, for example, if they worked in accounts, they would be very concerned, less so, if they worked as a binman on a dustcart.

The individual's card is definitely 'marked' and if you are looking for promotion, this can count against you. Don't get me wrong, I am not being judgemental or self righteous, my life hasn't been perfect. But I'm telling it how it is viewed. My wife also works in a personnel dept., god knows why, she is actually a nice person and wholly unsuited to working in that environment.

ShakeItOff

Don't worry about what your employers think. I run payroll and direct earnings attachments are much more common than you probably realise. It isn't something that is even discussed with management (here at least).

Tiddlywinks

BigBoss wrote: »

The creditors are the magistrates courts - all the fines are police fines.

You had police fines (your comment above suggests more than one) and didn't pay them - what did you think would happen?

How can you even forget about legal matters such as this?

There's a huge difference between an employer being asked to process a general creditor's order and one that is specifically for legal fines. I think that should be seen as a 'black mark'.

BigBoss

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

I think that should be seen as a 'black mark'.

Luckily, no one gives a stuff what you think!

Tiddlywinks

BigBoss wrote: »

Luckily, no one gives a stuff what you think!

Just what I'd expect from someone who thought it was OK to ignore police fines.

gardner1

BigBoss wrote: »

Not wholly sure what the debt is for, I need to call them tomorrow and get a breakdown.

Is there any chance I can come to an agreement with them so that it's out of work's hands?

This comes on the day before my annual review and the day I have submitted an official request for flexible working hours!

Just my luck...

I don't believe you have no idea what the fine is for.....I get the impression you think you shouldn't pay it because it went to your old address...did you think it would go away if you moved

BigBoss

gardner1 wrote: »

I don't believe you have no idea what the fine is for.....I get the impression you think you shouldn't pay it because it went to your old address...did you think it would go away if you moved

I know now, because I did what I said I was going to do in the first post...

You need to improve your reading skills.

TBagpuss

The extent to which this is likely to be an issue for you will depend on what you job is, and what your employers are like.

If you are in a job which involves handling money, then knowing that you have debts which have gone so far as an attachment of earnings order is potentially going to be a concern.

It may mean that you are less likely to be considered for promotion particularly if any promotion would involve dealing with financial issues

If it is obvious that these are police fines then unless your employer was already aware of the situation (conviction?) which resulted in the fines then that may also raise concerns for them.

Obviously step one is for you to clarify exactly what the fines relate to and to double-check that they are in fact yours. Also, as you said 'they just attached another fine' check whether there are any others going the the system - you have a better chance of reaching an alternative arrangement with them for a debt which has not yet been made subject to an attachment of earnings order than one which has.

Stepchange may be able to give you advice about whether there is anything you can do about the attachment of earnings order, but I suspect that the only way to end it is to pay the debt off.