Tesco Minus Hours?

Eatchipz · 14 Apr 2011 at 09:56

I am just looking at my latest and more than likely last pay slip from Tesco.

I resigned on Friday 8th of April after 3 and Half years with the company. The following Sunday which was the 3rd of April I was suspended with pay.

Now looking at my latest pay slip I think I was a bit underpaid and they have under where the overtime worked hours go Minus Hours = 23.25 and also at the bottom of the Deductions section they have Minus Hors £158.31.

Does anyone know what "Minus Hours" would stand for? Surely they can't just pay me for certain things just cause I resigned. Could it be something with Tesco and their tax year?

theNude · 14 Apr 2011 at 09:58

Call the HR dept

Semple · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:00

Have you used up all your holidays pro-rata? If you have then basically you'll owe them money.

tres · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:08

Most likely the above if you're paid in arrears

Cosimo · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:12

Call HR or your pay people.

vincent1989 · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:12

that or you didn't complete your full notice period?

Eatchipz · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:29

Technically I haven't used any holidays with it being a new tax year.

And I wasn't aware I had to give any notice once I had resigned. At the start of a meeting they offered if I wanted to resign which I accepted. There was no mention of working a certain amount before giving it.

vincent1989 · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:31

Eatchipz said:
Technically I haven't used any holidays with it being a new tax year.

And I wasn't aware I had to give any notice once I had resigned. At the start of a meeting they offered if I wanted to resign which I accepted. There was no mention of working a certain amount before giving it.

did you jump before you were pushed?

Semple · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:32

Not to sure if you would have had to work your full-notice period. Best thing to do is phone up HR and ask them what this "Minus Hours" section on your payslip is. And why you were deducted that amount.

4T5 · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:32

Only Aliens can understand a Tesco payslip.

WillyNelson · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:36

More importantly, what on earth did you do to get suspended form Tesco?!

nydryl · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:38

WillyNelson said:
More importantly, what on earth did you do to get suspended form Tesco?!

You know that double cream that started appearing on top of the fresh apple pies?

It wasn't double cream...

Semple · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:41

WillyNelson said:
More importantly, what on earth did you do to get suspended form Tesco?!

That made me wonder too

Skeeter · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:44

Tesco's have a 1 week notice period. If you left and didn't work your 1 weeks notice, you will not get that pay. That is likely what the minus hours are.

PhillyDee · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:46

Skeeter said:
Tesco's have a 1 week notice period. If you left and didn't work your 1 weeks notice, you will not get that pay. That is likely what the minus hours are.

Doesn't matter. If you are suspended, and then resign, you do not have the option to go back to work, so I am 90% sure they still have to pay your notice period, worked or not.

Eatchipz · 14 Apr 2011 at 10:46

Well I do the bakery (its only a small express store) on Friday, Saturday mornings. One Saturday I ate a croissant when I was doing the bakery and genuinely forgot to pay for it. Thing is I didn't finish it and left a bit of it on one of the bakery trays and when a colleague went to clean the bakery on a Saturday night they reported me.

Now it was not 100% guaranteed I would have got fired but I according to my rep I didn't sell my self in investigation meeting and he advised it would like better on your CV that you resigned instead of getting fired.

Skeeter · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:15

PhillyDee said:
Doesn't matter. If you are suspended, and then resign, you do not have the option to go back to work, so I am 90% sure they still have to pay your notice period, worked or not.

No they don't.

If you are suspended with pay, you get paid. However, if you then resign, that trumps the suspension, and they then pay you only for the hours you worked plus any entitled holiday. Resigning on the spot and walking out means you get paid to that moment, nothing more.

I've seen enough people quit on the spot in Tesco. Was practically a weekly occurance when I worked there.

Dunks · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:18

Eatchipz said:
Well I do the bakery (its only a small express store) on Friday, Saturday mornings. One Saturday I ate a croissant when I was doing the bakery and genuinely forgot to pay for it. Thing is I didn't finish it and left a bit of it on one of the bakery trays and when a colleague went to clean the bakery on a Saturday night they reported me.

Now it was not 100% guaranteed I would have got fired but I according to my rep I didn't sell my self in investigation meeting and he advised it would like better on your CV that you resigned instead of getting fired.

Christ, someone grassed you up for that?

Semple · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:20

Sounds a bit petty all for a croissant. Thought they would have just given you a disciplinary. Unless it's like the 2nd/3rd time you've done it.

vincent1989 · 14 Apr 2011 at 11:36

Semple said:
Sounds a bit petty all for a croissant. Thought they would have just given you a disciplinary. Unless it's like the 2nd/3rd time you've done it.

theft from a supermarket you work for results in a minimum of a final written warning for gross misconduct.