Law regarding payslips

bongi69

Hi all,

Started a new job 6 weeks ago and am paid monthly. Was paid at the end of July albeit only for a weeks work. I never received a payslip for this.

Got paid last week for august, and since I got paid less than I should have I'm guessing I was emergency taxed, but I can't tell as I haven't received a payslip. No one in the store (only just opened) has received one. I've been on the managers back about it as I want to get my payslip to check why I was left short, and he's passed it on to HR etc etc.

Question is, I know an employer has to provide payslips as per the law, but do they have to provide them on or before the day you get paid, or can they give them to you whenever they feel like it?

tinnuvial

According to NERA "a written statement of wages be given
to every employee with every payment of wages. If wages are paid by
credit transfer, the statement of wages should be given to the employee as soon as possible after the credit transfer has taken place. In every other case, the statement of wages must accompany the wage payment."

Its on page 17 of the PDF guide on payment of wages for employers and employees

wmpdd3

The law relating to this is the:
Payment of wages act 1991.

It says about payslips:

Statements of wages and deductions from wages.
4. —(1) An employer shall give or cause to be given to an employee a statement in writing specifying clearly the gross amount of the wages payable to the employee and the nature and amount of any deduction therefrom and the employer shall take such reasonable steps as are necessary to ensure that both the matter to which the statement relates and the statement are treated confidentially by the employer and his agents and by any other employees.
(2) A statement under this section shall be given to the employee concerned—
( a ) if the relevant payment is made by a mode specified in section 2 (1) (f), as soon as may be thereafter,
( b ) if the payment is made by a mode of payment specified in regulations under section 2 (1) (h), at such time as may be specified in the regulations,
( c ) if the payment is made by any other mode of payment, at the time of the payment.
(3) Where a statement under this section contains an error or omission, the statement shall be regarded as complying with the provisions of this section if it is shown that the error or omission was made by way of a clerical mistake or was otherwise made accidentally and in good faith.
(4) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty .of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.



So you should get the payslip at the time the pay goes into the bank / get the check.

The full act is here:
http://acts2.oireachtas.ie/zza25y1991.1.html#zza25y1991s4


In my experience this always happens with new stores, we would often get them delivered to another buddy store for the 1st few months, because if they are lost you are screwed for replacements.

I think you would have to make a complaint to your manager though I am sure they are up against it dealing with payroll. I wouldn't go over them and call HR yourself, see how you get on.

bongi69

wmpdd3 wrote: »

In my experience this always happens with new stores, we would often get them delivered to another buddy store for the 1st few months, because if they are lost you are screwed for replacements.

I think you would have to make a complaint to your manager though I am sure they are up against it dealing with payroll. I wouldn't go over them and call HR yourself, see how you get on.

Without giving away too much to who the employer is, there are other stores in the Dublin region, and my manager is in one of these stores for meetings on a weekly basis, so if it was the case they were delivered to another store, I should have it by now. I recently did a payroll course in FAS, and know that all the popular wage software packages let you produce a PDF of payslips, but when this info was passed by my manager to HR in an attempt to get them emailed to us, it was met with indifference.

I've already complained to the manager, and he's in the same boat. Wants his payslip to check on amounts. Thing is I'm in line to become the assistant manager and don't want to rock the boat just yet.

wmpdd3

Hard to say when you haven't even seen 1 payslip, ours are sent from the other side of the world and you'd have to sell you mother to get a pdf copy sent to the store. Maybe try calling one of the other stores and just mention it. Ask if copies can be got, where exactly do they come from and who is responsible. This wouldn't really be going over your manager's head!