payment by cheque

mazthespark

just a quick question regarding wages being paid by cheque. are employees entitled to time off in order to lodge the cheque to their account?? outside of lunch hours etc

drunkmonkey

I think the public service do but for the rest of the workforce no it would be up to each employer.

Delancey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I think the public service do but for the rest of the workforce no it would be up to each employer.

Yes , an entitlement the Public Service maintained despite the fact that their pay goes straight into their bank accounts - go figure :rolleyes:

eastbono

Delancey wrote: »

Yes , an entitlement the Public Service maintained despite the fact that their pay goes straight into their bank accounts - go figure :rolleyes:

This no longer is the case since Dec 2010. AFAIK it was never the case in the Public Service but was common practice in the Civil Service.

David900

I remember reading an article a while ago about how people in at least one public service sector got an hour off to cash their cheques. Today they get their money transferred into their bank accounts but still get the 'cash your money' hour off anyway. Don't want to be public sector bashing or anything but I think it speaks for itself :rolleyes:

Delancey

eastbono wrote: »

This no longer is the case since Dec 2010. AFAIK it was never the case in the Public Service but was common practice in the Civil Service.

Fair point , I stand corrected - it was a Civil Service perk as opposed to the Public Service in general.

mickman

and dont forget- what they used do was build up the time , one hour per week and take it all together in a full days extra holiday!!

what a perk

westies4ever

hubbie gets paid by cheque and he goes off to the bank to lodge but i dont think its 'official' time off - he just goes and gets back as quick as he can.

Surveyor11

getting back to the OP question, no I don't think you're entitled to time off in the 'real world'. I got paid by cheque before, and used the quick lodge machine (I'm with AIB - you can get the dockets and envelopes from the bank and fill them out in advance). Avoids queueing and wasting your lunch break (assuming that's whern you lodge it)

bobbysands81

mickman wrote: »

and dont forget- what they used do was build up the time , one hour per week and take it all together in a full days extra holiday!!

what a perk

LOL!!!

That's hilarious!!!

I can't believe there are actually people out there who think this kind of thing went on!!!

Eoin

Can we move on from the public service benefits, it's not relevant here.

Surveyor11 wrote: »

getting back to the OP question, no I don't think you're entitled to time off in the 'real world'. I got paid by cheque before, and used the quick lodge machine (I'm with AIB - you can get the dockets and envelopes from the bank and fill them out in advance). Avoids queueing and wasting your lunch break (assuming that's whern you lodge it)

Or just get a load of lodgement slips from the branch and post them in so you don't have to take any time off.

not even wrong

Eoin wrote: »

Or just get a load of lodgement slips from the branch and post them in so you don't have to take any time off.

You don't even need the lodgement slips, just post the cheque plus a covering note to your bank branch and they'll take care of it.

unreggd

If you lodge the cheque with your payslip, it clears instantly as salary credit!

Never knew about this before, its great

westies4ever

unreggd wrote: »

If you lodge the cheque with your payslip, it clears instantly as salary credit!

Never knew about this before, its great

Not always - it depends on what little hitler you get dealing with you - hubbie has been paid by cheque for a year now, only once has he been allowed to lodge it as cleared funds (even with pay slip).

Posting the cheque to the bank just means another days wait for it to clear as well.