Not being paid...
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:18 pm
A conundrum. DS1 has done a few shifts at a local pub - one trial shift and then two others to a total of about 10.5 hours. Then he broke his hand and for various reasons, one being that they only paid £4 per hour, he has decided to stick with his other job. He was paid yesterday - but only for 3 hours - he told them he was leaving and could they pay him what they owed him but they have said that is all there is on the time sheet. The trial shift was in the previous months payroll but he hadn't given them his bank details so wasn't paid last month - the other two shifts the timesheets weren't there and the wife said the husband was doing something with them and she would fill them in for him - but didn't. I know this as when he got in the car we asked him if he had done timesheets - so I know he isn't lying - they do too but.... We have texts from him to us asking us to pick him up, and records written on our calendar of the exact hours he worked - he also remembers who else was with him (new starters etc) on the shifts. It amounts to about £30 but he is also owed tips (which they keep in a jar and dish out when they feel like it)...yes, you are getting the picture....
I am giving them the benefit of the doubt in that since he sent all the evidence he has yesterday they haven't replied...but if there is no response tomorrow, I am going to go in. This is not the first time - someone else has just left and only got paid after her mum went in. Others we know worked a trial shift, never heard anything and didn't get paid etc etc. They are seemingly shysters, preying on 16/17 years olds, paying peanuts but not actually paying - getting the 16/17 year olds to work behind the bar (with an 18 year old on the premises)....
So...if they don't stump up - who do I go to next - ACAS or CAB maybe but that wouldn't worry them, I suspect, but would the council be interested, inland revenue, trading standards....I don't know who to focus on - I suspect they think 16/17 year olds won't kick up a stink - I don't want them getting away with it for anyone else. I'm even thinking about putting something in the local village rag - I know £30 isn't a lot but to a 16 year old it is and the principle behind it is worth far more.
I am giving them the benefit of the doubt in that since he sent all the evidence he has yesterday they haven't replied...but if there is no response tomorrow, I am going to go in. This is not the first time - someone else has just left and only got paid after her mum went in. Others we know worked a trial shift, never heard anything and didn't get paid etc etc. They are seemingly shysters, preying on 16/17 years olds, paying peanuts but not actually paying - getting the 16/17 year olds to work behind the bar (with an 18 year old on the premises)....
So...if they don't stump up - who do I go to next - ACAS or CAB maybe but that wouldn't worry them, I suspect, but would the council be interested, inland revenue, trading standards....I don't know who to focus on - I suspect they think 16/17 year olds won't kick up a stink - I don't want them getting away with it for anyone else. I'm even thinking about putting something in the local village rag - I know £30 isn't a lot but to a 16 year old it is and the principle behind it is worth far more.