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Yesterday, I received an email from my employer advising that my 'Contract of Employment' had been terminated.
The payment cycle is 2 weeks in arrears and my pay for the last 2 weeks that I have worked should have been in the bank yesterday, however it wasn't.
They owe me 2 weeks and 1 days pay which they have not paid me.
How can I get my pay from this company?
Also, in the termination email they asked me to return a pass key, however as they have terminated me , asking me to to anything now is unreasonable as they have terminated me.
It was very tacky of them to terminate you by advising you in an email. Very unprofessional! No REAL signature from the person who wrote it. You are probably better off without them if they operate that way.
My suggestions would be, that if you really had a contract of employment as a form of a paper document, then I would look over that document very carefully and see if there was anything that they did that would be considered a breach of it.
When communicating with them, if you do so in person, I would make sure that you have a witness with you. Don't talk to them alone, even on the phone. Have someone on another phone on the same line and inform them that you have someone else on the line.
If you communicate in writing, I would send what you have to say by certified or registered mail and have it notarized. Having it notarized really isn't necessary, but it makes it look more official and like you really mean business. Most notaries do their business for free.
If you have documented proof of the times that you have worked for them, then I would include copies of it in any correspondence with them.
If you know someone in the company who can give you the documented proof as to when you worked for them, I would get that from them.
If your pay was supposed to be in the bank because of an automatic payment schedule made by them, that should also be part of any documentation that you provide to them.
Do these things quickly to avoid any problems with grievance procedures within the company policies or applicable laws where you live.
I am sure that there will be more advise from others on this site concerning your situation. I don't know everything about these sort of things and I'm not "in your shoes" at the moment.
I agree with Clough? Is there a long distance charge you have to pay and you don't have that on your phone service or is it something else that costs you? I don't understand but I would definitely call and ask about it because that is A LOT of pay that you will be losing from this company!
In additon to the security pass key for the bank that I have, I also have a Lap Top that my ex-employer gave me to use for work when I first joined the company. In the termination email they sent to me, they only requested the security pass.
The termination did come as a shock, hence I am trying to speak to them as infrequently as I can. I did just now send them an email stating that I will be happy to return the security pass once my pay has been deposited into my bank account (or when they have a cheque ready to give me). Also, I would like to be advised of the date that my pay will be made available either by bank account or by cheque.
Should I let them know that I also have a Lap Top of theirs? (it seems they forgot that I had this).
Just to add: the passkey card is a non-issue - the company simply disables access based on the code that the card carries. It's not leverage for you, sorry.
Clough has excellent advice. So that is my advice, to listen to what he said.
About the laptop, what does your contract state about the laptop? If you are allowed to keep it, fine. If you are to return it, return it. If there is nothing written in your contract about the laptop, then by all means, return it. You do not want that company coming back to you stating you stole something of theirs. Returning it shows that you are acting decently. Which is more than what the company is doing.
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