Contract of employment & payslips

[Ellandbee]

I have just been employed in a company which has just gone into new ownership. It apears that we are not being given contracts of employment, also, we are not being given wage slips (despite asking for them), so we don't know if we are being paid the right amount (and we suspect we aren't!). One of the girls was off sick, and had her pay docked without notice - she believed that we were paid for sick leave, and none of us have been told otherwise.
Is this right, and what should/can we do about it?

[Bev2007]

Hi there

This certainly isnt right. On the payslip, I would start by saying that as you dont know what tax code you are working on you will be ringing HM Customs and Revenue to ask them in the absence of any payslip.
If this doesn't wake them up then do just that.........

Bev

[Cennet]

Ring the Acas Helpline 08457 47 47 47 or look a the Acas website www.acas.or.g.uk

The contracts of employment from the old company are carried forward with you and cannot be changed by your new employer without consultation.Likewise payslips. If there has been a change in the sick pay arrangements, there shoudl also have been consulations. Any union presence where you work?

[Cennet]

Sorry for the typos

Line 7 should have read

" should have been consultation"

[Peter Pedant]

There is something odd about this one

I thought companies were obliged to pay statutory sick pay (or else they all wouldnt...)

Time to tell your local tax office I think

[buildersmate]

PP is right but there's much more to it than that. The link to ACAS is also a good idea. What is company is doing is not legal. There is a legal process abbreviated to TUPE that the new employer must follow. TUPE stands for Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment. It basically means that the employees have their employment rights protected by law such that the new company must maintain the same rights. So the employement contract that you were on should remain. Note that this does not mean that your JOB is protected. It merely means that if the new employer decided to reduce staff they would have to make people redundant and the length of service that you have is continuous since you joined the original employer.

[Ellandbee]

Apologies - I should have made it clearer - we are all new members of staff, employed by the new owners. The old staff all left - therefore there is no old contract to fall back on!

[cascarelli]

Legally, you must be given a contract of employment stating the terms and conditions of employment within 2 months of joining.

Also, without payslips it would be difficult to know what the deductions from your salary are for, and the company cannot make deductions without telling you.

I assume you got an offer letter before you started telling you your salary, working hours etc etc? This would form the basis of your contract.

You have a lot of issues here with this company. Personally I'd get out now - but make sure you get paid for any time youve worked.