I am getting screwed at work concerning my payroll.?

Question

Ok, I have been working at Ingles Supermarkets for three years now started as a bagger worked my way to a bookkeeper and now a front end supervisor. I started the front end supervisor job about two months ago. I didnt receive my raise until a month after i complained and told them i wanted retro and the whole nine. I received $85 for a month I called back to the payroll dept and told them it was more than that especially seeing as I had overtime the first 2 week of starting this position. I still havent received it and its been going on another month. OK to top that off I was informed by workers in others districts that the minimum pay went up for my job title in july. I started in September and didnt start at that rate and iam getting paid 2.25 under what im supposed to. How and what would you do to go about getting this crap fixed. Ive talked to my store manager about the retro but he doesnt know that i know th pay for my job is higher and dont know how to approach him.

I guess I wasn't very clear in what I have said. I have all my paperwork stubs etc. and I have a Paper that shows what each Job Title is supposed to make. As far as taxes getting taken for retro I know that but for a month worth of work with 3 of those weeks being overtime and with the pay raise they have given me which was 2.25 more I believe that would add up to much more than 85 dollars I have added it up myself it is much more. As far as asking my boss I have he told me he was trying but he had to contact his other boss but everytime i ask if he ahs done anything he says he hasnt talked to him. I havent waited two months till i said something I began saying something the very next check when there was no raise. According to the sheet i have me bumping up from a bookkeeper to a manager would have been a 4.25 increase instead I have only gotten 2.25

Answer 1

Are you union? You need to call a higher authority to get this resolved as soon as possible.

Answer 2

do it professionally and with facts...do you have your hours worked and everything written down? Do you know for a fact what you're supposed to be getting paid? Or is it just hearsay? Do you have a memo, email, written contract with your new job title in it? Do you have all of your pay stubs or earnings statements?

If you don't have any of these, the fault is your own. You are responsible for your own pay to make sure it's correct. You should have professionally addressed this when you got the first paycheck and it was incorrect. Waiting for two months and then raising a stink is not professional...so if you really have a problem after going through your statements, adding up hours, multiplying by the correct amount and taking out the deductions...then take copies of all of the 'evidence' to your boss and say respectfully, how much you are out and ask if he can address it to payroll/accounting. Coming from him will presumably be stronger than from you, plus, if you do the work for him, he will be happy...just make sure it's correct and you don't make him look incorrect.

Answer 3

minimum pay may vary by district, so i would be careful before i waved that around. how much more should you have gotten, remember that they have to take all the taxes out of the retro pay too.. call corporate hr and see what they have to say, to make sure you have a case before you start 'causing trouble' aka complaining about wages.

Answer 4

definitely do your homework...you'll need actual reference material to support whatever claims you are making, hear-say won't be sufficient....especially because people tend to exaggerate...i just had a similiar situation at where i work and i was misinformed by some coworkers about a couple things, not by malice, but because they didn't know as much as they thought, and also didn't tell me everything i needed to know...
just be sure to stress that you seek whats fair and try to keep emotions out of the equation
good luck

Answer 5

Just quit. Find a new job, one that you like!