Is this justification for refusing to work?

[ManWithNoName]

We get paid every Friday. I asked last week that given it's Easter, will we still get paid before the weekend. They said yes. Thursday night goes and Friday comes. No pay. I figure that's fair enough, I asked my boss rather than the person in charge of the money, maybe he didn't know. 9am today passes, banks reopen. No pay.

I start work at 1.45 (Technically 2 but I get there early, beats getting there late). I figure that if my pay isn't in by then I'm not going to work until it goes through. Am I going too far?

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

I think it is going too far. Once you start issuing your employer ultimatum's, expect them to reciprocate.
If its a one off, don't stress. If it happens continually then you might be justified to refuse work.

Where I work we get paid on the 1st of the month. If the 1st happens to fall on a public holiday or weekend we get paid the following business day. Its a pain in the rear end, especially with direct debits linked to my bank account. But its the case because the boss has set up his bank to credit our accounts automatically on the 1st of the month as he's made mistakes before with manual transfers, so I just have to live with it.

 

[superfraser]

Harden up.

..Or if you don't like your workplace take an M16 in there and make a mess of it.

 

[Brad Goodman]

Surely you can a day or 2 without your pay, especially if you get paid weekly. Seems a bit sooky to me.

 

[Giants FC]

I think you've got a right to be pissed off - especially considering you'd asked what was going to happen, been told it would be done on the Thursday, and probably budgetted accordingly. And you're probably not the only one - the whole office are probably in the same boat.
I do the pays at my work, and I'd never let a situation develop where the staff were out of pocket over holiday periods. Anyone with an IQ over 20 knew Easter was coming, and should have been able to plan the payroll around it.

Allowing the pays to go through late and stuffing up the employees' long weekends is a sign the company doesn't value their staff. Start looking for a new job.

 

[Dan Moody]

Surely you can a day or 2 without your pay, especially if you get paid weekly. Seems a bit sooky to me.

nah **** that, i'm a boss at work but i wouldn't dream of screwing up my workers pay. they are entitled to get paid and on time. if our business has p/hols falling on the due date for pays then we pay a day earlier, simple as that. most people work only to earn money, when that's not even done correctly by the employer then it's a shit business.
my missus is a nurse and her company (one of the biggest pathology companies) requests timesheets over a week in advance so the nurse have to estimate the upcoming days. stiff shit if they work o/t or are on call.
there is no reason for an employer stuffing up someones pay these days, with all the software thats available then if they've stuffed up then they don't care enough. before i get panned, i have around 50 direct and 150 indirect reports to me so i expect them to ark up if the paymaster stuffs up.

 

[nicky]

Refusing to work will let them know you're angry but there are other ways to handle it. Get on their back and remind them they told you one thing and didn't follow through, they'll feel bad and try and fix the situation.

I didn't get paid for nearly 2 months at one of my jobs in london.

 

[Niximus]

They shouldn't have let a situation happen where your pay was delayed.

You shouldn't have let a situation happen where you can't wait for a pay.

 

[nicky]

They shouldn't have let a situation happen where your pay was delayed.

You shouldn't have let a situation happen where you can't wait for a pay.

Living hand to mouth - sucks arse.

 

[haywood jablome]

Living hand to mouth - sucks arse.

You eat with your hands? Disgusting