Company have not been paying me 2.5 hours per month for the last 6 years!

For the past 6 years I have worked part -time since the return from Maternity leave. I work 41 1/4 Hours every 2 weeks.
(That is Mon,Tues one week 8am -4.45 .Mon ,Tues and Wed. the following week (same hours)and then back to Mon. Tues, again.

I found out Friday that in that 6 years the company have not been paying me for 2 1/2 hours every month.That being 40hours a fortnight only .I am paid by month and every month I fill out my time sheet with my hours on it . I understood I was getting paid as you would seeing they knew my hours.

They have said they are not going to back pay me for the years not paid or give me time in leu.

They have said as from NOW ON that I can put it down as Flat time overtime or take it off in leu.

Have I any grounds to stand on as this is a lot of weeks wages?

I do intend to tackle them when next at work but am wondering if there are any solicitors out there or HR managers that can help me. PLEASE

Re: Company refuse to pay me (6 years)

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Hi GreenEyes and welome to AAM,

Contact the Employment Rights Information Unit http://www.entemp.ie/employment/rights/.

You could contact a trade union. Even if you are not a member they can be very helpfull when it comes to explaining employee statutory rights.

I would exhaust these two avenues first before resorting to the law.

Have you checked the key posts sticky at the top of this forum? Useful Key Posts and Index of Links

aj

Re: Company refuse to pay me (6 years)

What does your contract say about hours of work and payment rates?

It's about 180 hours (2.5 x 12 x 6), is that correct?
So at most it's a couple of thousand Euro. A lot of money for you but it shouldn't be a load money for your employer.
For the sake of good employee relations, leaving aside their moral duty to pay you what they owe you, I would think that they would just pay up. Why not ask them to pay you the back money over a few months. That way they can avoid any cash flow issues and you look very reasonable.