No Pay!

[teignman59]

Good Morning All

Because of the financial and employment situations at the moment I have a number of issues I would like to raise, so you'll all probably get fed up with me, but this seems to be a good place to get non-biased opinions and advice.

The first issue I would like to raise is the fact that my wife has not been paid for the Christmas week by the agency she works for because... "The girls forgot to put her time sheet through".

We rely on my wife's weekly wage to just keep us solvent but they have said they will pay her two weeks next pay day. This will mean she will be paid for seven days in total (taking not working the bank hols into account) whereas, it should be three days and then four days. Does this mean she will have to pay tax on the lump sum or should the payment be split between it's separate weeks? Can they legally withhold her wage in this manner?

Years ago I was the manager of an employment agency and left mainly because of the ethics used by them. I know we would try and get away with as much as we possibly could using the Bull**** baffles brains method in these cases. But I can't remember the actual legalities attached to this issue. Can anyone give me some pointers?

Regards
Teignman

[Caspar]

Re: No Pay!

Don't know the answer, but my wife works for a company where she's often paid in bits. Yesterday she got 3 pay packets. Each was separated out as it should be, but this is a reputable local company - hope it's the same for you.

[MAXXX]

Re: No Pay!

Employment Law No.1 really isn't it, you do a job, you get paid....

This is no different if your wife is agency or not, thats just a technicallity on contract of employment or contract for employment, and doesnt effect your wifes statutory rights.

Much like its a no,no to bring anyone below minimum wage with deductions and such, this is a tad more serious than, that. The employer should of at least offered to raise a cheque, by way of an advance.

Firstly the company who employ the staff to manage pay roll have deemed them competant to organise the staff's wages. Clearly this hasn't gone as planned, and I'm sure that there are often genuine reasons, but again they have a duty to the employee and raising a cheque or cash would of helped.

If your wife has followed the protocol with the timesheet, i.e - submitted to the right person, at the right time, filled in correctly - then it is the fault of the employer and any additional costs, such as unarranged borrowing, default on mortgage and unfunded Direct Debits issues can be presented to the employer and re-emburst.

Hope this helps.

[di30]

Re: No Pay!

Hi there

Hope you don't mind me posting.

I understand the law is changing for agencies come this Oct 2011, they will have the same rights as the permanent workers.

Take a look at this here:

http://www.payroll-help.com/2010/01/...workers-001-2/

http://www.worksmart.org.uk/rights/d...t_paid_holiday

I know a friend of mine who works for an agency had been working for the same company for about 6 months and the business themselves/all staff were having a nice big juicy bonus, however this did not include the agency staff, yet if it wasn't for them the production orders would not have been so much, they business done wonders out of using them!