Underpaid, several times in a row, where do I stand.

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Well essentially i've been underpaid for about 4 months running now, for little bits £20-30 and i've been chasing it on the phone everyday with the useless ****s.
Now this month I check my bank, I have been underpaid by £200, this means I can't pay my bills this month.
Does anyone know what the best way to approach this is, I was thinking about barging into wages and making a massive fuss, maybe handcuffing myself to a radiator untill they debit my account for the full. £300 odd they owe me.
I normally wouldn't go this mad but that to me is a significant amount of wages, my cars going to have to go off the road and i won't be able to get to any of my nightshifts without it.

Is there anything I could quote that they legally have to pay me this amount or write me a cheque on time perhaps?
 
well the fact that you're in a contract, means they have to pay you for what you've worked, it's kinda the law :p but yea, I'd kick up a fuss if I were you, otherwise you'll never see it again

Cheers mate, have to use the contract bit.
And I've been kicking up a fuss but tescos are completely useless.

I mean come on, I could work out my pay with tax, location pay and all that lot in a few minutes with a 50p calculator, they've got payroll systems and can't even work out the correct amount to pay me in 4 months.
 
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Well I aint gonna rage at my supervisor / manager, being useless unless you want a barcode or something changed, they'll just tell me to ring wages.
I'll just ring up and give them a maths lesson, then tell them it's a contractual obligement to pay me in full every 4 weeks and demand it gets paid in today.
Sound good?
 
I don't get taxed, at the moment, my contract hours fit just inside the no tax band. So no tax or NI to take off really.
After paying car insurance and keep i'm about 20 quid in the red already, no money for petrol or going out at all.

They've admitted they've cocked it up but are refusing to give me the money til next month, anyone know if I can force them to pay me now.

I'm done with calm and rational because it's gotten me nowhere, I wouldn't be too bothered and just be nice about it but I'm buggered up for a month because of a major **** up.
 
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I've been working this crappy job for over 2 years now, and only recently has my pay gotten messed up, it's a lot of money to me especially now i've got no cash in hand work to take.
It all has to go through head office apparently which is why they won't pay me, if I were to turn up at head office and make a massive fuss do you reckon I'd be able to get this money back some time soon? Or would it be a wasted trip?
 
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