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something for the union to be picking up anyway
Heck there are some unions who would jump at the chance to prove to their workers why they need them. ‘The company constantly refused to pay people and then blamed them’ is a union leader’s wet dream.
I’d be looking at the internal risk profiles of the people in accounting. Wouldn’t be the first time someone ‘borrowed’ cash from the company bag.
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I am not sure if this is my fight to be honest. This not paying people saga goes back years appearing and I have a feeling the union knows about it. I am still with my old union as I have a lot of unfinished work with them.
I have been a union rep for a long time and the truth is, sometimes we are told to go softly and not go all gun blazing. It frustrates me a lot of the times but bottom line has always been as long as the members eventually get their issues resolved, in my case, get paid, then that’s the end of the matter. Unless the members are so passionate about fighting for justice which is rare.
However, once the money is safely in my pocket and I’ll pick this up with others and the union to get a feel.
Re the wrong bank details, I still think sometime entered it wrong on payroll and trying to blame me so they don’t get into trouble. But who knows, maybe someone did pocket it and it’s a known thing they are trying to cover it up? Who knows. There is no way the money is simply gone if the account they told me they used doesn’t exist, which I have proven to be the case. The turning point was really on Wed when I pressed for them to show me exactly what bank details they used to “pay me” and my boss losing it.
Or maybe they are just all simply blind and can’t check their bank balance properly.
Pay saga update:
My boss has been in constant comms with HR this week and this morning she said she has instructed them to pay me by Monday and just before 5pm, payroll got in touch to my personal email (the one I used to apply for this job) asking me to email them my bank details and instructed me to correct my bank details on the HE system and what emailed me on my personal email? I nearly didn’t open the email it looked like a scam. Anyway, my bank details have always been right so...WTF! But hopefully I’ll get paid on Monday if they act on Monday and use the normal faster payment not the western union or sth.
I told my boss is this an advanced salary because HR still insists the money is missing, because if it was, I’d want to throw the law at them before accepting the money. She told me she has instructed them to pay me on Monday and leave me alone.
So hopefully it’s sorted now. Now the question is, will I get paid for May? 🙄
I have to say though, I haven’t had a boss who is so on the ball for years. So at least there something positive. 😁