What happens in a case where you take a job that says you are paid $27,000 annually, but you have just discovered that on all your pay stubs it has $26,000 annually.
Do they owe you money?
2007-10-10 07:11:01 · 6 answers · asked by Why 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Credit
Before going to HR, make ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY sure you are correct. Make sure you didn't miss a stub. If you get paid every other week make sure you weren't paid for some of that time in a previous or subsequent year.
2007-10-10 09:26:12 · answer #1 · answered by Rush is a band 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to review your paystubs. First you need to make sure you are not counting any deductions, such as health insurance or 401K. When they gave you your annual pay, they gave it before any other deductions and taxes.
If you are salary, you need to find out the amount you should be getting per check. So divide the 27,000 by the number of checks you get in a year. For example if you get paid monthly it would be 27,000/12 or $2250 a paycheck.
If you get paid by the hour that would be 27,000/2080hrs(for 40 hours a week) or $12.98/hr. If you do get paid by the hour you need to verify that you did not have less than 40 hours during the year.
If this is what your check is showing then you are being paid correctly. If not then you need to go to your HR department and see if they can let you know what is going on. As to if they owe you back pay. That would depend, if you have a contract(such as a union contract) that states your pay you might be able to. However, if you only have their verbal agreement then there is not much you can do.
2007-10-10 14:46:27 · answer #2 · answered by OC1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you work a whole year? $26,000 would be the salary for 11.55 months, so maybe your paystubs are for less than a full year. If you're non-exempt, maybe you took some time off that wasn't paid, like additional sick or vacation days?
After you've really scrutinized your paystubs, and still can't figure out what happened, ask the HR or Payroll Department to explain.
2007-10-10 14:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by Debdeb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an job offer letter that you accepted that states the salary, then you should bring it to their attention.
If all you had was a verbal agreement, then its a little stickier situation. I would still bring it up to the manager or HR department (make sure you do this in private and not in front of co-workers or others).
Whether they compensate you for back pay, well, depends on the company and the people. I would be happy if they just fixed it going forward.
2007-10-10 14:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an employment contract or offer letter that states $27,000, then you have a legal foothold to argue from.
In either case, just talk to your boss, and ask why your pay differs from what you were promised.
2007-10-10 14:15:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go talk to HR. And yes I would say they owe you money.
2007-10-10 14:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by Ashley K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋