Wages Paid By Cheque

[lucemma4]

Hi there,

Every month I get paid by cheque by the company I work for. I was told when I started that we would receive the cheque at least 5 days before the 1st of each month. However I usually get it two days before the 1st of the month and this month it was 1 day. I spoke to my dad about this who is a managing director of a company and he advised this is illegal and can be seen as exestuation, is this true?

Also if you give the right amount of notice but the company expected you to stay on longer than your agreed contract, can they give you a bad reference?

Please help, thank you.

[Postdog]

I dunno what exestuation means, but short of genuine **** ups, you have the right surely to have your earnings available at the agreed time, and if they are late with a cheque, that means a delay in waiting for it to clear and possible - unnecessary - charges for you.

On the other matter, even if you are the best worker ever, they can give you a bad reference. The reality is, they are not obliged to provide a reference at all, but if they did, chances are it would be non commital one way or the other. If they gave a glowing reference and you were crap, the new employer could theoretically sue them, and if they gave you a bad reference and you weren't bad, you could theorietically sue them if you found out. Far better to be safe, and just say so and so worked here from such and such.

[acorn]

I could depend on whether the payment time has been written into your contract i would imagine. If you dont have it in writing then they can probably pay you in this way - how annoying for you, as Postdog says you could end up with charges from the bank.

[xrayspecs]

Your company is not permitted to defame your character in a reference. You would be able to sue your employer for defamation. In many instances an employer will decline to give a reference which may or may not be seen negatively by a prospective employer.

[theo_wyvern]

if they expected you to stay longer than your contract and give you a bad reference as a result then they are being petty and as stated you could sue providing the information they have provided is false.

an employment contract protects both you and the company - any issues at work at all, always read it first