Leaving work advice

kittycatface

Any advice on having left a role 2 weeks ago. Then completed unpaid hours - 1 working day written work and two days back into role (one of which was prior agreed) incurred significant expenses, manager has denied sign off of last payroll expenses and only letting me know after cut off date and not what information is required. After tomorrow I hand back work equipment and will be unable to acces the system to log expenses accurately and all will be on managers say so. Now issues about my work are being raised and I am concerned that this has never happened before and payment may be kept back, irrespective of work completed. I have no expenses which is petrol already spent out totalling more than 300£ and last wage hanging in the balance, can they do this? Approached union but advice not imminent yet. I’m not looking for sympathy or recrimination for being naive and agreeing to complete work beyond leave date, am aware others are in a lot worse positions than this but would welcome wider input thank you

aife

Does the company have a separate payroll dept. ? Can you contact them and say you just want to make sure everything is in order before you go and check what info they need ?
What is the equipment you have to return ? Is it connected to you being able to 'access the system' ?
Can you chase the union up ? You probably need to phone them and be a bit pushy , if you just wait for them to get back to you it could be a long wait ...
If it comes to it you might need to threaten small claims court - hopefully the threat will be enough to deter your boss from pushing his luck

Dox

Don't hand back the work equipment until you have written confirmation that your expenses will be paid, the amount is confirmed and you have a firm date for payment.

sangie595

Dox wrote: »

Don't hand back the work equipment until you have written confirmation that your expenses will be paid, the amount is confirmed and you have a firm date for payment.

Two wrongs - possibly - do not make a right. Refuse to return equipment that is lawfully theirs and you may find the police on your doorstep, and rightfully so. What evidence do you have that it was agreed you would do extra work, and if the work done. Make sure you have records of anything like that, and any expenses incurred. That evidence is your key. Not refusing to hand back equipment until they pay you. Because that puts you in the wrong, and it also means that you have no bargaining chips anyway. What are you threatening to do, sell it? That would be intentionally depriving someone of their rightful possessions - theft, and possibly even fraud.

Get your evidence, hang on to that, speak to the union and do as they advise.

Dox

sangie595 wrote: »

Two wrongs - possibly - do not make a right. Refuse to return equipment that is lawfully theirs and you may find the police on your doorstep, and rightfully so.

Quite agree - but in this case it gives a bargaining chip. The suggestion the police are going to show up in this case is just melodrama - there is 'no intention to permanently deprive' if OP doesn't return on the appointed day.

sangie595

Dox wrote: »

Quite agree - but in this case it gives a bargaining chip. The suggestion the police are going to show up in this case is just melodrama - there is 'no intention to permanently deprive' if OP doesn't return on the appointed day.

It doesn't matter of they don't show up that day. They will eventually, and it isn't a bargaining chip unless you actually threaten to steal it! In other words, you have to say you won't return it. At that point you are in that wrong... And since the employer had actually done nothing wrong at all yet, you are kicking it off. There are payroll cut off dates. That doesn't mean that the payment won't be made, but that things need to be cleared up before it can be approved. They have not once said they won't pay - this is all speculation that they may not. But it won't be speculation if the OP starts off the process of a dispute by not returning equipment that lawfully belongs to the employer.

kittycatface

Thanks everyone I handed the work equipment back and am waiting to hear from the union. Agree that it is too risky to do bargaining chips in my position