Final payslip - have they mixed up the figures?

[Joey2020]

Hello people.


I am usually paid on the 15th of the month.
So if I leave my job on the 20th of the month, and I am given 4 weeks pay in lieu of notice....
I would have thought I would get paid from 15th to 20th of the month, plus 4 weeks usual pay. Making it approx 5 weeks of pay.

However, my payslip shows 4 weeks pay, with approx 1 week deducted. It looks like they got it the wrong way around to me.
Should I contact them about it?
(It wouldn't be the first time payroll made a mistake).

Or am I making some kind of silly error?


When would I expect a p45 usually? It's nearly a month since I left.

[ostell]

Yes, it looks as though they have got it wrong. Did you get your accrued holiday pay as well? Have you taken more holiday than you were entitled to, hence the deduction?

I would start to chase for the P45 but not before the payslip is sorted out.

[Joey2020]

Thanks for the reply.
No I have not been paid for any accrued holiday. And I have only taken about 3 days leave since last September (2019).
I have been "working from home" for a few months though, without a lot of expectation on what I had to actually do from home. I thought it would be unfair of me to ask for holiday pay. Would I been seen as taking the micky?

In terms of them getting it wrong, would there be any likely scenario where I might have got it wrong? The only other way I can think of it being worked out, is if they were paying me a month in advance instead of in arrears. Or if the dates they pay up to don't match the date I actually get paid. Eg. If they run a payments from 10th to 10th but don't pay till 15th?

[ostell]

Don't be timid, you are entitled to holiday pay. Get them to explain the difference (and ask for untaken holiday pay)