REDUNDANCY PAYMENT DEDUCTIONS

[XENTURI]

My ex employer has deducted £500 from my final payment for an alleged expenses float that he says was paid to me in April 2006.
I have no recolection of this payment and have never been told or asked about it prior to being made redundent.
Is he allowed to take this money from my payment without first asking me, if at all, and what laws are in place to protect me against this.
He has also failed to provide me with a P45 after nearly four weeks of waiting and i have not received a pay slip for over six months now.

[redcrx]

surely, if you ever had a flat then youd have kept it topped up or given receipts to cover it once spent.

[boxtops]

It's not unusual to wait a few weeks for a P45, if payroll is done somewhere else. What did it say in your original contract of employment about having a repayable expenses float? - I had this when I worked in industry but I had to sign for it when I had the original advance. I believe it's illegal not to provide you with a pay slip.

[XENTURI]

He has not given any evidence of recipts against the alleged £500 float or any documentation of me signing for it !!

[XENTURI]

Have got to get hold of my contract, but the company issued me with a company credit card which all recipts had to be submitted for. As far as i can remember the c/card was in place prior to this alleged expenses float so why would i need a float ??

[boxtops]

No, you would be giving him the receipts - I started out with a float of £50 then each month I submitted receipts (train tickets etc) and was repaid the amount to keep it at £50. You would surely have know if he advanced you £500 four years ago for expenses - I would know if I had £500 unexpectedly in my pay packet.

[boxtops]

sorry our posts crossed - is he suggesting that you spent £500 on the card on things not to do with work?

[XENTURI]

No, he is saying that it is a £500 expenses float payment with no recipts to show for it which is weird seeing that i had to submit expenses sheets every month.
I have asked him to provide me with copies of all submitted expenses sheets by me for the period 2006 onwards and proof of recipt of the said float but he seems to be just ignoreing me not.
Can feel a tribunual coming on !!!

[boxtops]

Good luck - stand your ground if you can!

[XENTURI]

Cheers Boxtops will keep u informed of the out come.

[twix123]

I understood that it is illegal to make any deduction from wages, with the exception of National Insurance and Income Tax, without the express permission of the employee.

[buildersmate]

It is Twix - except that it is 'unlawful' rather than being 'illegal'.
Google 'unlawful deduction of wages'.