Ghost employees, Phoenix companies and underpayments
06 December 2016
An article from Unpaid Britain discusses work-related grievances and employment disputes with underpayments being one of the main complaints.
An excerpt from the Unpaid Britain blog reads:
“Around a third of participants reported an underpayment issue as one of the problems for which they sought advice. Problems included quite straightforward disputes regarding owed wages or holidays involving hourly paid staff which may have been simple down to a mistake on behalf of the employers (e.g. disputes over how many hours had been worked).
More complex disputes included participants enquiring about owed wages or unpaid overtime and then finding themselves dismissed or no longer being provided with any hours of work. CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau) advisers saw some underpayment problems so frequently, (sometimes from the same employers) that they looked likely to be deliberate strategies, such as agencies neglecting to pay holiday pay until challenged. Such employers would often pay up as soon as a tribunal claim was lodged, though not before the time and attention of the tribunal system was expended to bring them into line.”
Read more from this blog on Unpaid Britain. Also listed are topics such as:
- The disappearing payslip;
- Worker’s Status; and
- Impact of Employment Tribunal fees on selected employers.