Wage Error

Glacius · 1 Mar 2017 at 07:58

Hey All,

Just after some advice regarding a new job I have started, basically I was made redundant and managed to find a new job fairly quickly but it was via an agency and it is a temp role for 6-9 months and will lead on to a permenant role with the company I am working at.

Anyhow the set rate was £10 an hour to start which I was fine with and it is weekly paid (taken some getting used to) after 3 weeks I saw on my payslip that my name was incorrect so I asked them if they could fix it, ever since doing this my hourly rate has gone from £10 to £13.14 over a month that makes quite a difference.

For the 1st week I thought I will see if it happens again and low and behold this week the hourly rate is still the same. There is no real reason why this would go up by almost a third. Just wondering if to say anything or leave it be see what happens. Also if this is an error on the agencies behalf can they simply just take the money back in one go and leave me in a bad spot finicaily?

Cheers in advance.

ots3go · 1 Mar 2017 at 07:59

Have a chat with the agency as they're within their power to take that cash back off you.

robj20 · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:02

Talk to them, wouldnt want to go 12 months and they want it all back.

Diddums · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:07

Definitely speak to them. From experience, they will catch up eventually and chase you for it.

Hades · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:07

Could you be on the wrong tax code? I had that for a year and it was mucho fun when Mr Tax Man wanted it back in one lump years later.

Deffo speak to payroll/agency.

Glacius · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:25

Thanks for the quick replies, I have checked my payslip again and it is definitely the hourly rate that has changed and not my tax code and national insurance

Annoying as its quite nice being on this wage and was hoping I would be in luck but guess not this time.

Kronos · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:35

I would definitely bring it up with the agency sooner rather than later as these companies have no qualms about taking any amount you are deemed to owe them in a lump sum and would not give a jot how difficult a financial position doing this would put you in.

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:37

Just ask. Won't hurt anything. I would rather be on £10 than a mistake a year down the line and they then want it all back.

Kuros · 1 Mar 2017 at 09:02

The other issue with getting paid more than you expect is that, if your earning over the threshold, you'll be paying more in terms of taxes, national insurance and pension(?)...

So when they ask for the extra back, you'd have essentially paid more than you needed to and will have the issues of trying to reclaim the extra back.

Will Gill · 1 Mar 2017 at 09:14

I'd mention it, because they can legally request back the difference, as previously mentioned do it now before it escalates into an unmanageable amount.

Scania · 1 Mar 2017 at 09:45

Sounds like you may be being paid on a self employed basis, hence the higher rate, quite common with agency's, I'd query it with them asap.