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| Thread ID: 95988 | 2008-12-24 01:55:00 | Authorised Stealing? | Sweep (90) | PC World Chat |
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| 732154 | 2008-12-24 04:18:00 | Of course it is as it will not clear, but then what would you expect from a communist bus company | gary67 (56) | ||
| 732155 | 2008-12-24 06:23:00 | While I do not condone the bus drivers "borrowing" the money, I would be on their side nevertheless. It has (almost) always been that you must be paid at least one day before the weekend, or long weekend, which is why you are normally paid on Thursday. If the week ends on a Wednesday - as in this week and next - I would think that you should be paid on the Tuesday. I do not think that your contract will allow for any later day as I'm quite certain the payday is enshrined in law. Your firm is allowed to pay you before the penultimate weekday but not after. I get paid on a Tuesday. Have worked for the same company for 13 years. A working week in my case is from Monday to the Sunday that follows. In the event I never buy presents in December. It has been my practice to do this through the year. We all know that Christmas falls on the 25th December in any one year and it will happen on any day of the week. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 732156 | 2008-12-24 07:00:00 | I . . . . . . will happen on any day of the week . Nope . No matter how much the small fry try, it will only happen once - then again in 12 months . |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 732157 | 2008-12-24 07:30:00 | :groan: So much for the spirit of Christmas.. Legally the employer is in the right, but morally, they're Ebenezer Scrooges. Hell, even my bloodsucking Aussie employers gave us our wages a day early. They pay people on their pay day and the company are scrooges why?? |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 732158 | 2008-12-24 07:53:00 | I would place bets to say this sort of management would abuse the 3 month redundancy clause National are implementing. I'd be happy to bet against you on this one Sam. Does this bus company have fewer than 20 staff? I'd be surprised if that were the case, since NZ Bus runs most of the bus services in Auckland and Wellington, and has hundreds of drivers in Wellington alone. The 90-day probation period only applies to companies with fewer than 20 employees, AND both the employer and employee need to agree to it before it can be enforced. It can only also ever be used between on employer and one employee once - ever - so you can't fire someone after 89 days and rehire them for another 89 days, and so on. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 732159 | 2008-12-24 08:44:00 | They pay people on their pay day and the company are scrooges why?? Because you can't buy three eighths of f/all on Christmas day. To people on a tight budget that means a lot. Remember that not everyone has a high/decent paying job. How would you feel if you couldn't put presents for the kids under the tree because your pay hadn't come through because you had to pay for the rent/phone/food/whatever from last weeks pay, and as a result you had to cancel that trip to the Warehouse? Not everyone has the wherewithal to save for such things beforehand. Christmas eve is arguably the biggest trading day of the year. I'm not saying the employer is wrong, just rather thoughtless. |
Catweazle (2535) | ||
| 732160 | 2008-12-24 09:04:00 | Because you can't buy three eighths of f/all on Christmas day. To people on a tight budget that means a lot. Remember that not everyone has a high/decent paying job. How would you feel if you couldn't put presents for the kids under the tree because your pay hadn't come through because you had to pay for the rent/phone/food/whatever from last weeks pay, and as a result you had to cancel that trip to the Warehouse? Not everyone has the wherewithal to save for such things beforehand. Christmas eve is arguably the biggest trading day of the year. I'm not saying the employer is wrong, just rather thoughtless. Not everyone can save ahead for presents but yet somehow, they can spend money on the day before Christmas? What, is that pay packet magical or something? |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 732161 | 2008-12-24 09:14:00 | Ooooh! A bus strike. On Christmas Eve. When the bus companies are already running on holiday timetables. Just who is a strike going to hurt? :groan: If you are relying on the pay before Christmas to pay for last minute presents for the family, how the hell are you going to last until the next pay day to buy food? This is just the lefty unionists stirring everyone up - as is their wont... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 732162 | 2008-12-24 19:57:00 | (QUOTE) If you are relying on the pay before Christmas to pay for last minute presents for the family, how the hell are you going to last until the next pay day to buy food? This is just the lefty unionists stirring everyone up - as is their wont...[/QUOTE] That pretty well hits the nail on the head How are they going to last to next payday if they spend it all on Xmas Eve. The bus company is actually doing them and their family a favour. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 732163 | 2008-12-24 20:37:00 | That pretty well hits the nail on the head How are they going to last to next payday if they spend it all on Xmas Eve. The bus company is actually doing them and their family a favour. Are you sure your not related to Lenin or Marx |
gary67 (56) | ||
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