Contract hours not met

PixieLandGirl · 7 Jan 2010 at 00:12

Has anyone had this happen to them, where their employer fails to provide them with the minimum contract hours?

My workplace are changing the payroll system & now the pay periods are no set length eg. 23rd Dec to 20th Jan, 21st Jan to 17th Feb, 18th Feb to 22nd Mar.

This decision was made on the 31st Dec without any notice & it now seems that for my pay period 23rd Dec to 20th Jan im going to be missing 18hours pay :eek:

& because of how the crazy shifts work there isnt any way to insert any additional shifts in, unless they use my days off

I've mailed my HR dept to get some more clarification & depending on that I may have to head to my union. Just wondered if anyone else had experienced similar?

PhillyDee · 7 Jan 2010 at 00:16

But it all works out correctly surely?

We get paid monhly on a Thursday. Some weeks are 5 weeks, some are 4. Webasically get paid an average of the year divided by the 12.

PixieLandGirl · 7 Jan 2010 at 00:18

Not always as there is no shift pattern where i work, for instance it might be 5 on 2 off 3 on 3 off and so on. No week is the same & we work over the 7 days, including all bank holidays

.. so some months i get min hours others i get 189 just depends how they fall

RiPz · 7 Jan 2010 at 10:43

Two Options.

1) Wait for your payslip, if it shows less than your minimum contract, complain to HR - they might adjust your pay... potential result of this is that for the rest of time they will only give you minimum contract hours out of spite (i know i would), not the 189 you occasionally get.

2) Leave it, get 189 hours next month, you're straight again.