Previous employer pay issues

michellem1978

I really hope someone can help with advice here ! My partner stopped working for his previous employer in December 2017 after a disagreement over holiday pay (he got none !) and other dodgy things came to light. He received no payslips during his year of employment and no P45 when he left. This week he received a letter from a pensions company advising that he had been enrolled by the previous employer on 28.04.18. We contacted Inland Revenue who advised that their information states he worked this April until 20.04.18, receiving £1700 and has now ended that employment. They could not give information about the previous tax year as they did not have it. Anyway, it seems to me that the previous employer has been declaring that he was still working there and receiving pay when he has not. I'm just not sure why they would do this ? They have stated it is not true, but clearly something dodgy has happened - Inland Revenue and a pension company are not lying !!! Does anyone know why they might do this and who we need to contact to rectify it ?

spadoosh

INland revenue and the pension comapny might not be lying but that doesnt mean theyre telling the truth either. They (more HMRC) are renowned for errors, at the very least holding incorrect information. This could be the employers error or HMRCs.

You can request a statement from the pension company, that shold give you the details and payments the employer has given to the pension company.

He needs to request his payslips. The employer is legally required to provide them.

Then confer with HMRC about what information they have on him.


Dont go in making assumptions. Its not uncommon to lead you down the wrong path at the moment you need to be on a fact finding mission.

michellem1978

He has and did request payslips.....they were always "in the post" and never arrived. I just can't understand why a pensions company would even have his details, and it also states he has been enrolled by the previous employer. But that is from 28.04.18. He wasn't enrolled in a pension for the year that he actually worked there ! And why would he be enrolled for a pension when Inland Revenue have details stating he stopped work there 8 days previous to this ? Just all seems very fishy indeed. Incidentally, the same employer also registered a company vehicle in my partners name after the unregistered vehicle was caught fly tipping. They are definitely dodgy !!!

spadoosh

michellem1978 wrote: »

He has and did request payslips.....they were always "in the post" and never arrived. I just can't understand why a pensions company would even have his details, and it also states he has been enrolled by the previous employer. But that is from 28.04.18. He wasn't enrolled in a pension for the year that he actually worked there ! And why would he be enrolled for a pension when Inland Revenue have details stating he stopped work there 8 days previous to this ? Just all seems very fishy indeed. Incidentally, the same employer also registered a company vehicle in my partners name after the unregistered vehicle was caught fly tipping. They are definitely dodgy !!!

That might be the case but screaming blue murder will only detract from you rectifying the problems.

I assume your OH knows where he worked, id recommend going down to the place one day and asking to speak to HR/payroll. Ask them to print off all his payslips, it takes seconds, dont leave until theyre in his hand.

A pension compnay would have his details most likely because he was auto enrolled in to a pension. The whole auto enrollment is a bit of a bureaucratic nightmare for your average business. If as i suspect many will take it on themselves to sort, there is going to be teething issues, enrollment dates are one ive come across, from enrolment date, contribution date, pay date. As long as what shouldve been paid (whats been deducted, look at the payslips) has been paid in a reasonably timely matter its fuss over nothing.

Its a bold move register something youve bought and is on your accounts to some body else. There was nothing to stop your OH driving the car home and saying, 'nah mate its mine'. Im erring more to stupid than dodgy.

Try and remove the passion and personal involvement. It will only cloud things and is very unlikely to help you, particularly if you need to speak to the employer.