Historical Payments.

[dougielogan]

I was employed  with a company since 1996 and left 2003 I was told to claim back dated holiday pay before the 1 July cutoff for historic  overtime I have now received  a letter saying my claim was in on time but since its been over many years I could only claim within 3 months since  I was employed with the company  is this true or do I still have a clam for historical  back dated pay .

[SirOracle]

Not sure I am reading your post correctly.

Did you notify your claim before 1st.July 2003,and this was acknowledged by the Company? This was 12 years ago which seems to be a long time for you to take action. I would think that the Company books will have long been closed concerning this matter.

[Maydup]

I would expect the cut off to be within 3 months of the financial year end, hence 1st July. But 1st July of the year concerned.ie 1st July 2003. Or 1st July 2013 if your 2003 happens to be a typo.

[Peter Pedant]

historical
2003
jesus your're not joking

I hve to say I dont know the rules on this

[Maydup]

There will be no rules as such, it will be down to company policy which in this case states that claims must be made within 3 months and by 1st July.

[johnny37]

Im not an expert but i think you may have lost out due to the 6 year rule under civil law. Perhaps Peter could comment. Im not sure if your claim has to be reinforced every six years to stop it expiring. Do you have the original correspondence. I think the small claims court would take a very sympathetic view if the employer simply let the claim expire.

[bednobs]

a quick google shows that 1/july/2015 deadline was introduced so that claims can only go back 2 years. However, that only applies to claims made AFTER 1/7/15.

[trt]

Silly question, but why did you wait so long?

[bednobs]

because the law only fairly recently changed in that regular overtime hours must be included for holiday pay calculations

[cassa333]

Does irregular overtime count towards holiday pay?