employer messing with wages and hours

johnboysligo

Basically my mum's employer is doing something fishy with my mum's wages and payslips so she isn't getting her full pay.
She is working the hours listed on the roster but he isn't paying her for something like 1 hour to 3 hours it changes every week, she has confronted him about this about a week ago and he said it was the accountants error but the accountant told my mother HE told her (the accountant) to do that.
Recently she worked an extra 2 hours at his request and it was marked on the roster 7am to 3pm but after viewing it yesterday it was changed to back to 1pm :mad:


2-3 hours worth of wages isn't exactly a lot of money but its hours worked and I know he isn't required to pay her for breaks but in all the years my mother has worked in restaurants this has never happened before and no employer she or I have ever worked for has had the cheek to change the already worked hours on a roster.

It stinks really badly and I'm getting very worried that the if he can go as far as he already has then the worst is yet to come, we are finding it hard to make ends meet as things are so knowing what to do if this gets worse will ease our minds a little.

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated





I should add she is very scared she might lose her job if she causes too much of a fuss.

Victor

Two possibilities:

1. He's making staff pay for any loss of business due to the recession.
2. He is trying to get rid of her - the expression is "managed out".

It is possible it is happening to other staff also.

Demand wages be paid properly and promptly. If he is only a manager, not the owner, report it up the chain. Otherwise, if he isn't cooperative, its of either getting trade union / legal advice or going to the Labour Relations Commission.

There is a risk of confronting the boss and him then being determined to get rid of her. This needs to be balanced with his theft of wages.

bhur

Just to get the proper term, "managed out", do you mean constructive dismissal?

Victor

bhur wrote: »

Just to get the proper term, "managed out", do you mean constructive dismissal?

Yes.

johnboysligo

Victor wrote: »

2. He is trying to get rid of her - teh expression is "managed out".

I should point out its happening to all the staff

Victor wrote: »

Demand wages be paid properly and promptly. If he is only a manager, not the owner, report it up the chain. Otherwise, if he isn't cooperative, its of either getting trade union / legal advice or going to the Labour Relations Commission.

he is the owner and labor relations commission is a really good idea

CSU

If after your mum has spoken informally to her boss of the problem two times and the problem has not been addressed she must write a formal letter of complaint. By law her boss must reply within (IIRC someone correct me) one week with an invitation to a hearing where she will be entitled to have a member of staff accompany her, or her boss may try to resolve the complaint informally within X amount of time.

Check out http://www.hsa.ie/eng/ for more info.

johnboysligo

CSU wrote: »

If after your mum has spoken informally to her boss of the problem two times

once to the owner and once to the accountant so only one informal chat with her boss directly.