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Sacked and underpaid. Help. Feeling suicidal

Robert124

I mentioned previously that I was fired unfairly on the 29th August.

And now the payment problems between my previous employer and Universal Credit!!!

Universal credit will in theory top up my earnings.  And on their letters they state my 'take home pay' and how it affects the amount they will pay in a particular month.

But my previous employer is reporting 'theoretical earnings'.  Not my actual take home pay.

In Sept, I received a total final pay off from my ex employer of £515.88.  into my bank account.  My UC letter states that my take home pay was £896.34.  As a result my UC payment is very low and my council tax benefit has been stopped because my pay is over the threshold.

I never received a pay slip for sept 2018.

However my ex employer has just sent me a final payslip for October 2018.

The numbers on the payslip do add up.  I just don't understand all the details.  I did ring the payroll department.  But they gave me the runaround.

  1. I have highlighted in red the 515.88 that was actually paid.  And the 896.34 payment that was recalled and never made.  But reported to Universal  Credit.  I'mt sure why one is a positive deduction and the other a negative deduction.

As for the payments. I understand the pay in lieu of notice.  And the holiday pay.  But why is basic pay a negative payment .  And what and why is non-offset SSP pay a negative payment?

Finally, over the phone they said that earnings of £327 or was it £527.  Were being reported to UC for October .

But I was fired on the 29 August.  And I asked. And they confirmed that they were actually making NO payment to me in October.

Help.   Feeling suicidal!!!!Skull

  • Hi Robert,

    Hold on in there, mate.  There have been so many f***-ups with UC.  It's intolerable that it should have got to this stage.

    Your payslip doesn't make a lot of sense to me, either.  The point is, though, you can prove to the DWP how much you were paid through your bank statement.  They need to see a current one as soon as possible.  Print one off or get your bank to provide one, then take it to your local Job Centre.  Someone there should be able to deal with it for you, or get it through for you.  You also need to ask your old employer's payroll department for a copy of your September payslip.  There's no reason why they can't provide one.  Did it normally come to your home address?  It may have gone to the house where you were based.  I had an employer once who seemed to vary the method of delivery from month to month - sometimes at work, sometimes at home.

    Also, get yourself to the CAB first thing in the morning, if you can, and speak to someone there.

    And keep talking on here.  People here will have experience of dealing with this stuff.  Together, we'll help you through this.

    Stay safe, please. 

    Tom