Am I right to be annoyed at this? (work situation)

[Haggisman]

Whilst it's a dick move by the company to it now. The OP was a dick too.

He noticed that the agreed deduction hadn't been taken, by his own admission and didn't query it at the time. Had he done this then it would have been sorted in July.

There was no agreed deduction, there were 6 messages between us in the whole conversation, only 2 of them with anything actually relevant:

Me: Morning
Him: Morning
Me: I need to take xyz off for reasons, possibly unpaid due to lack of any remaining leave
Him: That's fine, request through HR app, I'll speak to director and see if it will need to be unpaid.
Me: thanks
Him: np

I literally heard nothing more about it until yesterday - so yes, it's partially my fault as I should have queried it when I had full pay in August, but based on the conversation above I mistakenly assumed that the director had granted it as fully paid compassionate leave.

 

[arknor]

quit your job and get a new one, that'll teach em

 

[Scam]

Issue 2 is how the agreed outcome is handled. In this case the OP originally agreed to 2 days unpaid leave, and is now having 2 days unpaid leave a few months later. In and of itself it's not a wrong or right outcome, it's a result of Issue 1.

Yes and if an employer was forcing him to take unpaid leave for the above reasons, but made a mistake (their mistake) and didn't deduct it for the correct period, then they're doubly being dicks by 'rectifying' it in this manner. They should have realised their mistake, remembered for what reasons it was for, and let it lie. Or, infact as below it seems it was never confirmed to him anyway. So it makes it even worse by the company!

I literally heard nothing more about it until yesterday - so yes, it's partially my fault as I should have queried it when I had full pay in August, but based on the conversation above I mistakenly assumed that the director had granted it as fully paid compassionate leave.

If they hadn't confirmed to you that it was going to be unpaid, why would you think otherwise? I think it's entirely fair to have left it with the director, not heard anything, and come to the conclusion that they were granting it as paid leave. You're not in the wrong here, please don't think you are. If a company is going to dock your pay that needs to be made entirely clear before the event.

 

[MeatLoaf]

So you owe the money no arguments there.

But when i worked in retail they wernt allowed to take more than 10% of your pay in any one pay period.

You should also be given notice in writing that you owe the money.

Also, any deduction cannot take you below minimum wage - so if youre on minimum wage already not sure where theyd stand

Making and checking deductions - Deductions from pay and wages - Acas

Check what deductions can be made from pay and wages including overpayments and training costs.

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