My boss hasn't paid me!

[Jack Hilliard-Tomaciello]

I'm 17 years old and decided to start a new job so I started work at a local Costa in the centre of town in Hertford on 13th of July 2015. Before I had an interview with the manager and I confirmed with him my rate of pay was £6.50 an hour and that every single shift I worked including training shifts are all paid. I have NOT been given a contract as of yet. So up to this day I've been working lots of shifts all as asked. But after my first month I received no pay for all my work and when i asked my boss he said it was because I was not on the system and that I would receive the pay on the next payday. So at 10:52AM (31st September) this morning my boss rung me asking for payment details and telling me the area manager needs to confirm my hours then I'll get paid for all my work. However he then informed me I was on £5.30 an hour even though the whole 2 months I worked there many, many times I was told I was in £6.50 an hour and now he's told me my pay has been lowered? I really don't know what to do or who to go to as I've never had this problem before with any previous employers? Please help! Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jack.

[vanman]

Re: My boss hasn't paid me!

ok how old are you
National Minimum Wage rates

https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

				2015 (from 1 October) £6.70 £5.30 £3.87 £3.30 2014 (current rate) £6.50 £5.13 £3.79 £2.73
				Contracts for payments below the minimum wage are not legally binding. The worker is still entitled to the minimum wage. Workers are also entitled to the minimum wage if they’re: part-time casual labourers, eg someone hired for one day agency workers workers and homeworkers paid by the number of items they make apprentices trainees, workers on probation disabled workers agricultural workers foreign workers seafarers offshore workers 4. Worker disputes over minimum wage Workers who think their pay is below the minimum wage rate should talk to their employer first. If this doesn’t solve the problem, they can ask the employer in writing to see their payment records. The worker can take someone with them and make copies of the records. If an employer owes the worker any arrears they have to pay these back. Workers can also call the confidential Acas helpline or look at the Acas Helpline Online to help them solve a payment dispute.

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ok how old are you
National Minimum Wage rates


https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

				2015 (from 1 October) £6.70 £5.30 £3.87 £3.30 2014 (current rate) £6.50 £5.13 £3.79 £2.73
				Contracts for payments below the minimum wage are not legally binding. The worker is still entitled to the minimum wage. Workers are also entitled to the minimum wage if they’re: part-time casual labourers, eg someone hired for one day agency workers workers and homeworkers paid by the number of items they make apprentices trainees, workers on probation disabled workers agricultural workers foreign workers seafarers offshore workers 4. Worker disputes over minimum wage Workers who think their pay is below the minimum wage rate should talk to their employer first. If this doesn’t solve the problem, they can ask the employer in writing to see their payment records. The worker can take someone with them and make copies of the records. If an employer owes the worker any arrears they have to pay these back. Workers can also call the confidential Acas helpline or look at the Acas Helpline Online to help them solve a payment dispute.

[judgemental24]

Re: My boss hasn't paid me!

How many hours were you doing a week as there are limits to employees under 18 years of age

[des8]

Re: My boss hasn't paid me!

Hi and welcome.

Did you ever receive confirmation in writing that you were to be paid £6.50 per hour?

Your problem is that if you kick up too much of a fuss over the £1.20 per hour reduction you won't have a job at all.
As you've only been there two months you have no protection if they "let you go".
If you are only using the job as a stop gap the position is different, if you have proof.

[FlamingParrot]

Re: My boss hasn't paid me!

ok how old are you
National Minimum Wage rates

He started the thread saying he was 17:

I'm 17 years old and decided to start a new job so I started work at a local Costa in the centre of town in Hertford on 13th of July 2015.

https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

2015 (from 1 October) £6.70 £5.30 £3.87 £3.30 2014 (current rate) £6.50 £5.13 £3.79 £2.73

Hi and welcome.

Did you ever receive confirmation in writing that you were to be paid £6.50 per hour?

Your problem is that if you kick up too much of a fuss over the £1.20 per hour reduction you won't have a job at all.
As you've only been there two months you have no protection if they "let you go".
If you are only using the job as a stop gap the position is different, if you have proof.

In view of the above, I suspect, and this is just my theory, that they may either not have been aware of how old the OP was, or of how little they have to pay young people. They may have quoted £6.50 as a matter of course, being the national minimum wage, that's probably what they pay most employees. £5.30 is the new rater for 18-20 year olds from October. I just find it too much of a coincidence that they should be quoting that exact figure and not, say, £5.50, which makes me wonder whether it's because the just don't want to pay more than the law requires them to. :confused2: If that's the case, my concern is that, if the OP kicks a fuss as you say, they may well end up offering him just £3.87 because he is under 18, unless he is about to turn 18!

Before I had an interview with the manager andI confirmed with him my rate of pay was £6.50 an hour and that every single shift I worked including training shifts are all paid. I have NOT been given a contract as of yet. So up to this day I've been working lots of shifts all as asked. But after my first month I received no pay for all my work and when i asked my boss he said it was because I was not on the system and that I would receive the pay on the next payday. So at 10:52AM (31st September) this morning my boss rung me asking for payment details and telling me the area manager needs to confirm my hours then I'll get paid for all my work. However he then informed me I was on £5.30 an hour even though the whole 2 months I worked there many, many times I was told I was in £6.50 an hour and now he's told me my pay has been lowered? I really don't know what to do or who to go to as I've never had this problem before with any previous employers? Please help! Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jack.