Leaving job, final pay?

[Poledriver]

I'm leaving my current company this Friday and starting my new job next Monday.
Spoke to our accounts department today to ask if they would be giving me my final payment by cheque or as a direct transfer as normal.
They told me that ot would be transferred to my account as usual on the 25th of the month!!
Can they do that?
I thought that they had to pay me on the day I left, as it is they will be paying someone who is working for another company. It's made things very awkward as I had budgeted (lots of outgoings at the moment!) to receive the money in the next week.
Any advice as to whether they can do this or not?

Edited by Poledriver on Monday 8th September 20:32

[dontfollowme]

Can't see why you'd think they would change the pay run just for you? You will only get paid for the hours you have worked for them not for the new firm.

[pgilc1]

dontfollowme said:

Can't see why you'd think they would change the pay run just for you?

+1

[Poledriver]

dontfollowme said:

Can't see why you'd think they would change the pay run just for you? You will only get paid for the hours you have worked for them not for the new firm.

a)Because I will no longer be working for them.
b)Because the P45 they give me when I leave will not show the correct amount of pay received or tax paid.
It is only a matter of entering my details into the payroll program, transferring the required amount to my account and printing off a payslip. Hardly Rocket science, even for an accountant!

[spikeyhead]

Poledriver said:

I'm leaving my current company this Friday and starting my new job next Monday.
Spoke to our accounts department today to ask if they would be giving me my final payment by cheque or as a direct transfer as normal.
They told me that ot would be transferred to my account as usual on the 25th of the month!!
Can they do that?
I thought that they had to pay me on the day I left, as it is they will be paying someone who is working for another company. It's made things very awkward as I had budgeted (lots of outgoings at the moment!) to receive the money in the next week.
Any advice as to whether they can do this or not?

Edited by Poledriver on Monday 8th September 20:32

Unfortunately common sense does not apply in this situation.

Common sense says that you get paid up to date on your final working day.

The law says that you get paid on your final working day.

[pgilc1]

spikeyhead said:

Poledriver said:

I'm leaving my current company this Friday and starting my new job next Monday.
Spoke to our accounts department today to ask if they would be giving me my final payment by cheque or as a direct transfer as normal.
They told me that ot would be transferred to my account as usual on the 25th of the month!!
Can they do that?
I thought that they had to pay me on the day I left, as it is they will be paying someone who is working for another company. It's made things very awkward as I had budgeted (lots of outgoings at the moment!) to receive the money in the next week.
Any advice as to whether they can do this or not?

Edited by Poledriver on Monday 8th September 20:32

Unfortunately common sense does not apply in this situation.

Common sense says that you get paid up to date on your final working day.

The law says that you get paid on your final working day.

Where does it say that? I very doubt much it to be the case. A large company with a large amount of staff and a high turnover could potentially need to do a pay run every day then?

I know our company pays you on the next pay run.

Edited by pgilc1 on Monday 8th September 21:09

Edited by pgilc1 on Monday 8th September 21:11

[pgilc1]

Poledriver said:

dontfollowme said:

Can't see why you'd think they would change the pay run just for you? You will only get paid for the hours you have worked for them not for the new firm.

a)Because I will no longer be working for them.
b)Because the P45 they give me when I leave will not show the correct amount of pay received or tax paid.
It is only a matter of entering my details into the payroll program, transferring the required amount to my account and printing off a payslip. Hardly Rocket science, even for an accountant!

For a large company that could mean doing that several times a week. Cant see them being bothered.

[Poledriver]

spikeyhead said:

Unfortunately common sense does not apply in this situation.

Common sense says that you get paid up to date on your final working day.

The law says that you get paid on your final working day.

So they should pay me on the day I leave then?

[Poledriver]

pgilc1 said:

For a large company that could mean doing that several times a week. Cant see them being bothered.

45 people is far from being a large company!

[JustinP1]

Poledriver said:

dontfollowme said:

Can't see why you'd think they would change the pay run just for you? You will only get paid for the hours you have worked for them not for the new firm.

a)Because I will no longer be working for them.
b)Because the P45 they give me when I leave will not show the correct amount of pay received or tax paid.
It is only a matter of entering my details into the payroll program, transferring the required amount to my account and printing off a payslip. Hardly Rocket science, even for an accountant!

As long as they pay you as per your contract, then there is no problem.

My guess is that your contract states that you get paid on the X of the month or something similar. Why should the terms of the contract be nullified just because you have handed your notice in?

I have always paid at the contractual payday. No-one has ever had a problem with that.

[spikeyhead]

Poledriver said:

spikeyhead said:

Unfortunately common sense does not apply in this situation.

Common sense says that you get paid up to date on your final working day.

The law says that you get paid on your final working day.

So they should pay me on the day I leave then?

Arse, its been a long weekend,

What the final sentence should have read was

The law says they can pay you when they normally do, even if this is a while after your final working day.

[pgilc1]

Poledriver said:

pgilc1 said:

For a large company that could mean doing that several times a week. Cant see them being bothered.

45 people is far from being a large company!

I meant relative to the law and making people be paid on their last working day. Maybe you should ask them nicely can they, though i dont think they're obliged to.

[Eric Mc]

I run payrolls for clients (reluctantly, I have to admit) and it is really virtually impossible to run a one off payroll calculation for individual employees. The vast bulk of payrolls are now run on computer programmes and they are run on a "batch" basis rather than an individual basis. In addition, much of the legal paperwork, including P45s, cannot be printed off until the full payroll run for the relevant PAYE month hads been carried out.

The bulk of people leaving jobs these days do not receive a P45 into their hand on the day they leave. They usually receive it by post from their former employer after the employer has carried out the next monthly payroll run.

[superlightr]

Poledriver said:

pgilc1 said:

For a large company that could mean doing that several times a week. Cant see them being bothered.

45 people is far from being a large company!

Have you tried to administer 45 employees? We (I do) 7 and the paperwork is high. Most businesses are small ie 2-6 peops. 45 is hu-mungus.... and a totally differnt ball park.

45 peops would be a full time job in itself i would imagin. Think how depressing it would be to be the HR for those 45 - sickness, holiday, maternity, wingers, levers, pay advance, apprasials, etc. Its a pain for 7.