Hi All. Is this legal? My employer pays everyone on the 16th and 30th of each month. But, we are paid for two weeks work. This has resulted in PAYE being behind. We are currently 14 weeks behind on our pay. (Because every year we are paid 24 payments, but there are 26 fortnights in a year). A lot of the staff are on minimum wage, and this has now been going on for over three years. So all those staff of minimum wage, have effectively been paid less than minimum wage each tax year. Is paying this was with such a delay legal?
UK Paid Semi-Monthly for Bi-Weekly hours
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Hi, to determine if it is legal depends on
- Your employer's pay policy (staff handbook) and what it says in the signed employment contract
- timeline of work done to be paid i.e paid when work done
- Payroll provider cut off times
However it's not right to be 14 weeks behind on pay, sounds like your employer doesn't manage the business well and might have cash flow issues, regardless of the business issues whatever it is you should keep track of the work you have done and raise the issue with your employer to understand why it operates in the way it does.
- Your employer's pay policy (staff handbook) and what it says in the signed employment contract
- timeline of work done to be paid i.e paid when work done
- Payroll provider cut off times
However it's not right to be 14 weeks behind on pay, sounds like your employer doesn't manage the business well and might have cash flow issues, regardless of the business issues whatever it is you should keep track of the work you have done and raise the issue with your employer to understand why it operates in the way it does.