Underpaid on my final months wage

LG26

So i left my job last Friday 16/10/26 after working my weeks notice. I usually get paid upto the 25th each month and paid on the 25th. So on paper i should be paid from the 26th of September to the 16th of October. I am a hgv driver salaried at 44hrs per week at £15.24ph the job was job and knock but you clock in and out so you might only work 38/40hrs some weeks and still get paid your 44hrs. I received my pay slip yesterday and they’ve only paid 110.4hrs for 3 full weeks 🤔 i had 1 day holiday during this 3 weeks taking my total used holidays to 23 days out of the 28 days to the year end. It seems to me they have paid me from the clock card for my final 3 weeks is this legal as i was contracted to 44hrs per week? Also they have deducted £129 for an ADR training course which i completed in May 2025 and i never signed any agreement about paying this back? Where do i stand with this what would you recommend.

Ayr_Rage

The "job and knock" looks to be an informal arrangement, so they are quite correct in paying you for your clocked hours unless you have anything contrary as an amendment to your contract in writing.

The 23 days of holiday that you have used looks to be the correct number based on your leaving date.

I would ask for proof of any agreement as to who should pay for the training course and any commitment to stay with the company for a certain period after completion, I think that's all you can challenge.

LG26

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82175270#Comment_82175270

what even though i am contracted to 44hrs pay per week? They can more or less make you a zero hour contract worker for your final 3 weeks?

Ayr_Rage

If you are contracted to work 44 hours a week then your employer can rightly expect you to be clocked in for that time.

Playing Devil's Advocate if they find that you aren't they could've taken disciplinary action.

Any local agreement for "job and knock" does not override the requirement for you to attend for your contracted 44 hours, which haven't been doing and they have paid you accordingly for your final period.

You can't have it both ways when the bean counters are doing their final sums.

LG26

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82175332#Comment_82175332

that was the agreement from the start “job and knock” and salaried they knew drivers was going home early and was there to see you leave early so not sure what you’re talking about.

Ayr_Rage

You said you are contracted to do 44 hours per week, the early finishes were an informal agreement although you seem to think that overrides the requirement to work those hours.

What happened on the shop floor is not what the bean counters have decided you worked in that final period.

That's it.

Argue the toss about the course fee once you have the details about payment and leaving employment within a certain period.

TELLIT01

You may have taken one more day of holiday than entitled to assuming your leave year is the same as the calendar year. If the leave and calendar years don't coincide it may be more.

Bobbobbobingalong

You can always ask for a breakdown showing what you have received and why, coupled with that ask for an explanation as mentioned above as to why they have reclaimed the course fee from you.

If you are in a union, speak to them also as they will have experience of how your employer handles such things. if not and you get nowhere and/or you have a clear picture that they are wrong and as to why they are wrong you might consider a claim for unlawful deduction of wage. The starting point for that would be instigating a formal grievance which you should start sooner, rather than later but only if you are certain ie: not on a whim.