Failure to pay wages on termination of employment and after an accident
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Failure to pay wages on termination of employment and after an accident
Q. I was working at a transport company As delivery driver I worked for 2 weeks and this was 4 months ago. they was meant to send me a email of all the damages I done on the van i crashed once and some one else crashed into me the second time and they said they are tying to take £1000 excess. I worked 14 days now they are trying to say i worked 9 days and they are also not telling me my full damages or how much I meant to get paid.
A. Hopefully, you have some evidence that you worked for 14 days as opposed to 9. Perhaps diary entries on your phone or delivery schedules which were sent to you? The company cannot withhold your pay and any accrued holiday. Assuming you receive the statutory minimum of 28 days per year, you would accrue 2.3 days per month, meaning even after two weeks, you have accrued just over a day.
Do they have a contractual right to deduct anything from your pay in respect of the damage to vehicles? Check your contract or any other agreement you may have signed. If you have not signed anything giving your ex-employer authority to make a deduction from your pay, they can’t do so.
Write or email them demanding your pay and tell them that you will go to ACAS and a tribunal if necessary to force them to pay you.
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