Time frame for receiving P45 after walking out of a job

rawn

Hi, I recently started a new job and walked out after a month. The specifics aren't important, just that there was no incident or altercation. I have contacted them twice since asking for confirmation of my start/end dates for the social welfare and have not gotten a reply. It's been almost a month now since I left. Does anyone know if my P45 is automatically sent out to me and if so, what is the time-frame usually?

seamus

Yes, it should be automatically supplied to you, usually after the next payroll run after you leave.

If it's a smaller company it's possible that they would be withholding it out of spite. In a larger company it may simply be a matter that there was a delay in processing your documentation after leaving as people tried to figure out WTF was going on.

rawn

Thanks. It's a larger company, they're English and have recently opened some branches here in Ireland. So my place was new but the company isn't. It was weekly pay and there's been a few of them since I left. Hopefully it's just a delay as you said.

Mrs OBumble

Did you tell them you were leaving, or just abandon the job? Also, was there any company property (eg uniform) issued to you, that you should have returned?

rawn

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Did you tell them you were leaving, or just abandon the job? Also, was there any company property (eg uniform) issued to you, that you should have returned?

I abandoned it, but i explained myself after. I don't think the uniform is an issue, as other people who left before and after me were never told to return theirs. Would they be reason to delay in sending my p45?

seamus

There's usually a checklist and HR will often refuse to process a final payslip until it's completed. People may not necessarily be doing it out of spite, it could just be sitting on someone's pile of, "Things I'm waiting for someone else to sort".

You should ring them up and actually speak to someone to find out what's going on.

micks

could be any amount of reasons for delay

P45's are over rated

http://www.ros.ie/info/faq/p46faq.html

Mrs OBumble

rawn wrote: »

I abandoned it, but i explained myself after. I don't think the uniform is an issue, as other people who left before and after me were never told to return theirs. Would they be reason to delay in sending my p45?

Yes!

There is most likely a checklist for processing a termination, and "Issue p45" will come after "check company property is returned".

rawn

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Yes!

There is most likely a checklist for processing a termination, and "Issue p45" will come after "check company property is returned".

I will return it so. But honestly, no one has been asked to return uniforms before so it never struck me as an issue.

rawn

Holysock wrote: »

Did you get overpaid wages by any chance? Could be reason for withholding it

Not to my knowledge, my wages seemed correct anyways. My sister also worked for them and was let go, this was about 2 weeks before I left, and she has had no p45 yet either. They also never asked her to return the uniforms.