Deductions from pay

redsaxon

CIS wrote: »

What is your normal hourly wage ?

im salaried but it works out around £9 per hour

marliepanda

How many days do you work a month if losing 8 removes 2/3 of your pay?!

redsaxon

marliepanda wrote: »

How many days do you work a month if losing 8 removes 2/3 of your pay?!

this month 12 :think:

sangie595

If you were off sick, and not entitled to payment, or full payment, when off sick, but nevertheless paid in full when off sick, it's not a deduction - it's a correction of a payroll error. You knew you were off sick. Did you point out that you were overpaid? Did you save that overpayment for when you needed it to pay your bills?

redsaxon

sangie595 wrote: »

If you were off sick, and not entitled to payment, or full payment, when off sick, but nevertheless paid in full when off sick, it's not a deduction - it's a correction of a payroll error. You knew you were off sick. Did you point out that you were overpaid? Did you save that overpayment for when you needed it to pay your bills?

I had deductions made and as far as i knew they had taken the money that i shouldnt of been paid,i wasnt expecting them to take it twice.I just thought that they would need to give me notice if they were taking such a large amount in one go,im not disputing that i owe the money its the way that they took it that im asking about.

marliepanda

redsaxon wrote: »

I had deductions made and as far as i knew they had taken the money that i shouldnt of been paid,i wasnt expecting them to take it twice.I just thought that they would need to give me notice if they were taking such a large amount in one go,im not disputing that i owe the money its the way that they took it that im asking about.

How can you ‘not dispute’ that you owe it whilst also saying theyve taken it twice?

None of this makes a lot of sense.

redsaxon

marliepanda wrote: »

How can you ‘not dispute’ that you owe it whilst also saying theyve taken it twice?

None of this makes a lot of sense.

they took money from my December salary,i knew i had been paid for days that i wasnt there and expected them to take it back..gradually over time.So i paid no notice to what i was deducted in december as i knew they would want the pay back at some point...again im not questioning that i owe them im questioning the way they took it without notice and in 1 lump sum without any notice or warning.

sangie595

redsaxon wrote: »

I had deductions made and as far as i knew they had taken the money that i shouldnt of been paid,i wasnt expecting them to take it twice.I just thought that they would need to give me notice if they were taking such a large amount in one go,im not disputing that i owe the money its the way that they took it that im asking about.

The way they took it is lawful. You may think of it as a deduction. The law doesn't. You were overpaid and that required a correction in the salary. That is not the same thing as a deduction.

I am somewhat confused though. How could you not notice that you had a lot of time off sick, but didn't get a reduced wage? Whilst I can see this may cause you some personal issues, it's hard to suggest a possible strategy to discuss with the employer when it seems that you must have known you were overpaid. The employers mossy obvious question is why didn't you tell them they had overpaid you?

pinkshoes

8 days off sick with 12 hour shifts at £9/hour is £864.

You need to check carefully what they have deducted overall, but by the sounds of it is not far wrong.

If you were not at work, you cannot be expected to get paid.

Resigining is ridiculous. Your LL cannot evict you until you are two months in arrears, so just pay what you can for now, and get an ADDITIONAL job in the interim to help with cash flow.

sangie595

redsaxon wrote: »

they took money from my December salary,i knew i had been paid for days that i wasnt there and expected them to take it back..gradually over time.So i paid no notice to what i was deducted in december as i knew they would want the pay back at some point...again im not questioning that i owe them im questioning the way they took it without notice and in 1 lump sum without any notice or warning.

So you did know you had been overpaid. You took it in one lump sum. And you spent it. So what on earth made you think it wouldn't be fair for the employer to do exactly the same thing?

I'm afraid that it is you in the wrong here. Trying to quote a law that doesn't exist to force the employer to do something they don't have to do is not the way to go about this. You are being unreasonable.