sharshar100
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Hi
Any advice would be appreciated. I was called into Jury service back in February which i had to attend (couldnt delay as already had defferred once). I informed my employers in advance (early Jan) and verbally asked the head of finance about policy regarding pay. He verbaly informed me it was full paid, and once i had received the loss of earnings from the courts, they would deduct that from one of my pays.
I attended, case lasted three weeks and I was paid as per normal.
I then get an email on Fri gone ( 28th June) stating he had made a mistake and that the company policy is to actually not pay employers for jury service absence! therefore he would be recovering the three weeks pay from my next salary! He pointed me to an obscure company handbook on the intranet which states it is not paid.
I beleive this is extremely unfair! It is their mistake, and if I had known it was not paid, I would have not accepted the case when i was told it was going to be 2-3 weeks long. I have complained to my boss, who has said to put it in writing to the CEO and it will be at his descretion if he pays anything (i know he wont as he is a money scrounger).
Can anybody advise what to do? I cant afford to loose three weeks worth of pay!
Any advice would be appreciated. I was called into Jury service back in February which i had to attend (couldnt delay as already had defferred once). I informed my employers in advance (early Jan) and verbally asked the head of finance about policy regarding pay. He verbaly informed me it was full paid, and once i had received the loss of earnings from the courts, they would deduct that from one of my pays.
I attended, case lasted three weeks and I was paid as per normal.
I then get an email on Fri gone ( 28th June) stating he had made a mistake and that the company policy is to actually not pay employers for jury service absence! therefore he would be recovering the three weeks pay from my next salary! He pointed me to an obscure company handbook on the intranet which states it is not paid.
I beleive this is extremely unfair! It is their mistake, and if I had known it was not paid, I would have not accepted the case when i was told it was going to be 2-3 weeks long. I have complained to my boss, who has said to put it in writing to the CEO and it will be at his descretion if he pays anything (i know he wont as he is a money scrounger).
Can anybody advise what to do? I cant afford to loose three weeks worth of pay!