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spicytender

spicytender

spicytender

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Hi guys..

well basically...I work part time in Burger King at a holiday park. It is a seasonal contract job running from march 2010 - November 2010.

Last night I was supposed to have a shift, but I didn't turn up or let the know, due to family issues.

I got a voicemail from one of the Burger King shift managers today saying why havn't you turned up.

Also he said that they are going to hold my pay because he doesn't think I am going to pay him back (I owe that shift manager 100 pound)

2 weeks ago out of work he lent me 100pound.

I do plan to pay him back.


They cant do that surley!!??

I don't plan to go back to work, what can I say to them? I am going to leave a voicemail later.

Cheers guys
 
They can do that - if they've essentially given you a sub, then they can deduct any money from your wages. Especially if they think (correctly) you won't be returning.

Very silly for not letting them know, whatever the situation was.

Unfortunately you are in the wrong. Once you leave, they'll then have to pay you the remainder of your wages (minus the sub).

(Of course, if it was a personal loan from the manager rather than the business, then they have a legal obligation to pay you, but the manager can then bring about legal action against you)
 
Well you shouldnt have left it to the point where he has to call you to find out what your doing. If anything you should've notified him before you started so that he could get your place filled, and if you dont go to work how can he hold your pay..

Unless the contract binds you to HAVE to work no matter what. Then just phone him up and say you don't want the job anymore.
 
Yh, but the thing is it was out of work, i'm sort of mates with him. What shall I say to them.

I don't see how they they can hold my pay until I pay him back.

and it wasn't the main manager of Burger king, it was the shift manager.
 
spicytender said:
Yh, but the thing is it was out of work, i'm sort of mates with him. What shall I say to them.

I don't see how they they can hold my pay until I pay him back.

and it wasn't the main manager of Burger king, it was the shift manager.
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Legally if it was 2 people outside the work environment and wasn't done in a formal agreement which you would do if it was a work loan (Along the lines of, I will pay back x amount each week or within x amount of time) then they cannot withhold your wages to pay this guy back.
 
Obviously it would have been nice to let them know.

Because you didn't and it was left for them to call you, i can understand why they would suspend your wages.

Also he leant you £100, 2 weeks ago? Thats a lot of money to lend someone, and as you havn't paid him back in 2 weeks, i assume you either had no intentions of paying it back, or were going to pay him back out of your wages, in which case whats the problem? Tell him to take what he owes you out of it and forward on the rest.

problem solved?!
 
spicytender said:
Yh, but the thing is it was out of work, i'm sort of mates with him. What shall I say to them.

I don't see how they they can hold my pay until I pay him back.

and it wasn't the main manager of Burger king, it was the shift manager.
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Then go above him, to the main manager, and tell him that your wages are being withheld illegally. Also tell them that you quit, and you don't intend to work out your notice period. In reality, there's not much they can do other than refuse to give you a reference. Money wise, they'll have to pay you your wages (deducting anything owed, non-returned uniform etc)

Shift manager however would have the right to start proceedings, or just falcon punch you.
 
If you have the money to pay him, then tell him to take the £100 out of your wages and send the rest to you, and that you won't be back. That makes sense, no?

How come you couldn't have simply approached the situation responsibly in the first place and notified your employer of your intentions?
 
The solution to this problem is so simple, everyone can see it.

The fact that you can't see the solution leads me to believe you have no intention of paying the money back and really what you want us to tell you is 'dont worry, you can get your wages back and not pay the guy back'.

Get stuffed imo.
 
You borrowed the money outside of work - you should pay it back outside of work. That loan is a private arrangement between the two of you, nothing to do with work. Although "take it out of the wages I'm owed" would work well enough if they owe you more than £100 in wages.

You should also apologise for not telling them you weren't going to work. It's rude to leave a job by just not turning up. Tell them it was due to a private family matter, but apologise anyway.
 
Do you get paid in cash? I would have thought you got paid through some central finance office so I don't know if they could deduct £100 from it to give to your boss. Or maybe I'm overcomplicating things :p
 
How will he process a £100 payment from an automated payment run, from you to him?

Sounds like you screwed your coworkers last night and now your gonna screw a friend over for money?
Nice bloke you are.
 
spicytender said:
Im going to pay him back, I have money.
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Do this, issue resolved?

I doubt he'd be able to reduce your wages by 100 because by the sounds of it he lent you 100 of his own money. Give him his money back and its all done with, then grow up a little.
 
Your not going back into work! You still want paying? You make no sense!

That is all I have got from this thread!

If you say he is a "friend" outside work then im not going to say you had no intention of paying him back but thats what it seems like.

You obviously dont want the job so go into work and apologise for messing them all around and try sort your pay out at the same time. Then take the guy (your "friend") to the pub, have a beer, give him the money you owe him and let that be that!
 
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